Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Consumers are increasingly aware of the importance of privacy and security when storing personal information online. The situation is no different for healthcare. As the healthcare industry moves toward electronic management of health records, laws have been enacted to honor the privileged nature of information exchanged between patients and their doctors. HIPAA, the guiding rule of law on patient privacy, asserts that safeguards must be in place for "protected health information" defined by that same law as "individually identifiable information." (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HIPAAGenInfo/)
When you visit a healthcare provider or pharmacy, you will receive a Notice of Privacy Practices that details your privacy rights under HIPAA, including how your information may be used and disclosed. The notice also explains who may have access to your information. The healthcare provider or pharmacy will require you to sign a statement affirming that you received this notice.
MedicalRecords247.org was designed to support the privacy and security requirements of HIPAA while enabling you to use the service from any computer with Internet access.MedicalRecords24/7 .com allows you to enter, store, change, and direct your information to healthcare providers, and generate reports showing where your information has been sent. Our responsibilities at MedicalRecords247.orgare to make the information you provide on our site available to you, and to administer the system to ensure that your privacy and security are protected.
To build a thorough and accurate MedicalRecords247.org account, you may want to obtain copies of your medical records. We suggest contacting your healthcare providers to determine what information can be made available to you.
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