Protecting Your Medical Records

What You Can Do to Protect Your Health Information

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Safeguard your medical and health insurance information and shred any insurance forms, prescriptions, or physician statements. For more information about medical identity theft, visit the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) website to learn how to protect yourself. If you …

Your Medical Records | HHS.gov

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Your Rights Under HIPAA | HHS.gov

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Get a report on when and why your health information was shared for certain purposes; If you believe your rights are being denied or your health information isn’t being …

Protecting Your Privacy & Security | HealthIT.gov

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Protecting the Privacy and Security of Your Health Information. The privacy and security of patient health information is a top priority for patients and their families, health care …

The Privacy And Security Of Your Medical Records

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HIPAA establishes three primary issues in regards to your medical records: The privacy rule protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information. …

What To Know About Medical Identity Theft | Consumer …

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Protect documents that contain your medical information Keep your medical records, health insurance records, and any other documents with medical information in a safe …

Protecting Health Information: the HIPAA Security and …

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As medical information becomes increasingly accessible in electronic form, the privacy and security risks change. For example with a paper copy of a health record, a …

Medical Privacy: Steps to Protect Your Medical Information

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Keep your electronic and paper medical records secure. For any information that you store on your computer, phone, or online, use strong passwords and …

Medical Privacy - Workplace Fairness

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Medical records are created when you receive treatment from a health professional such as a physician, nurse, dentist, chiropractor, or psychiatrist. Records may include your …

4 Ways to Protect Your Medical Records

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Have a Secure Storage Room If you have a ton of physical documents that contain medical records, you need to take extra care that they do not get lost, damaged …