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THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND
HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION.
HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. It is a federal rule covering the health-care and health-insurance industries.
Security and privacy are key under the Privacy Rule. The HIPAA Security Rule covers information that is stored or transmitted electronically-for example, using the internet or private computer networks.
The HIPAA Privacy Rule covers certain health information in any form.
The HIPAA Privacy Rule protects the privacy of patients by:
- Limiting how personal health information can be used
- Requiring security of health records in paper, electronic, or other form
- Letting patients know what their rights are.
The HIPAA Privacy Rule allows patients to:
- See and get copies of their health records (with some exceptions)
- Ask for corrections to their health records-for example, if they spot errors
- Find out and limit how their personal health information may be used
- Ask for and receive information about how their personal health information has been used in the past (with exceptions)
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