As patients get more savvy, address privacy concerns
Briefings on HIPAA, April 1, 2011
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Expect patients to ask questions about the privacy and security of their PHI. Issues of concern to them include how you are protecting their Social Security number, who is accessing their medical records, and how they can amend information in those records, says
Susan A. Miller, JD,
an independent consultant in Concord, MA.
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