“A federal proposal that would require healthcare organizations to provide patients with a report listing everyone who has electronically accessed their records needs revamping, two regulatory experts agree.
Adam Greene, who helped draft the proposal in his former role at the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, says the benefits of providing consumers with an all-encompassing list of everyone who has accessed their records may be outweighed by the substantial burden involved in providing such lists. The access report provision is included in a proposed Accounting of Disclosures Rule, required under the HITECH Act, which would modify HIPAA.”
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Jeffrey Roman, Healthcare Info Security, 25 August 2011
