CD-ROM medical record does not violate HIPAA
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, August 16, 2004
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Patients who receive treatment at the Nebraska Medical Center can now receive their medical records on CD-ROM. The portable file, which contains identifying information, a list of medical conditions, allergies, medications, lab and X-ray results, and other diagnostic testing reports, can be used in any computer with a CD drive and the Internet, PR Newswire reports. And because the medical center provides the CD to the patient and the patient only, the patient's privacy is protected and the facility complies with HIPAA.
"Often, patients who become ill when away from their regular physician receive less than optimal care because the treating physician has limited knowledge," Thomas Tape, MD, internal medicine physician at the Nebraska Medical Center told PR Newswire. "The treating physician with access to the CD would be able to see virtually the same information as the local physician with full access to the computerized medical record."
Patients can opt to assign a password to access the information, but so far, most have chosen not to in case they become incapacitated and cannot remember or provide the password to the physician.
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