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Individuals have the broad right to access their health-related information, including medical records, notes, images, lab results, and insurance and billing information. [47] Explicitly excluded are the private psychotherapy notes of a provider, and information gathered by a provider to defend against a lawsuit. [48]
A personal health record (PHR) is a health record where health data and other information related to the care of a patient is maintained by the patient. [1] This stands in contrast to the more widely used electronic medical record, which is operated by institutions (such as hospitals) and contains data entered by clinicians (such as billing data) to support insurance claims.
In 2019, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCA) promised to enforce patients’ right to access under HIPAA, using the Right of Access Initiative. There have currently already been two settlements with the OCA under the Right of Access Initiative, after companies failed to give patient medical records. [23]
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It has also led to social and ethical issues because basic human rights are considered to be violated by the PCMS, since hospitals and health information services are now more likely to share information with third-party companies. [1] Thus, there needs to be a reformation to specify which hospital personnel have the access to medical records.
Providing patients with information is central to patient-centered health care and this has been shown to have some positive effects on health outcomes. [22] Providing patients with access to their health records including medical histories and test results via an electronic health record is a legal right in some parts of the world.
Any health care surrogate agent is granted the same rights in regard to access of medical information and decision-making as would the alert and competent patient. These rights remain until such time as the client regains decisional capacity, a guardian is appointed, or the patient's death occurs. All health care surrogates are expected to ...