AHIMA updates privacy, confidentiality statement to include security
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, July 25, 2003
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Privacy, confidentiality, and security are essential components of the health record and of fostering trust between health care consumers and providers. And trust is essential if the health information collected is to serve as a complete and accurate foundation for patient health information, clinical care, research, payment, and health care policymaking, according to the American Health Information Management Association's (AHIMA) recently updated statement on the privacy, confidentiality, and security of health records.
"Current HIPAA laws and regulations have not fully addressed myriad state and federal laws, which leaves conflicts for those trying to comply with them," says the association. "HIM professionals, whose function it is to protect privacy and confidentiality and maintain security, are faced with a conflict between advocating administrative uniformity and creating a high standard or 'ceiling' for privacy and confidentiality protections across state boundaries."
AHIMA updated its September 2002 position statement position regarding the privacy and confidentiality of health records to reflect the release of the HIPAA security standards.
Go to http://www.ahima.org/dc/positions/ to read the statement.
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