“Too Much Too Soon?” Or “An Idea Whose Time Has Come?” Information Blocking Regulations and Proposed HIPAA Access Changes

By Laurie A. Rinehart-Thompson, JD, RHIA, CHP, FAHIMA

Check Your Understanding.

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1. Proposed Privacy Rule revisions call for allowing patients to take photos and videos of their medical records and to take notes on their content.

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2. Patients should never be given test results before the provider has had a conversation with them about the meaning of the results and the plan of care.

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3. Policy makers and providers have a responsibility to ensure that access technology, policy and legal advances are aligned with the needs and interests of consumers.

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4. For the good of patients, potentially distressing information should be withheld.

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5. A key concept in the Information Blocking Final Rule is providers, technology developers, and health information exchanges must make specific information available to individuals without intentional and unnecessary delay.

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