Assignment 1: The Use And Disclosure Of Healthcare Information
The use and disclosure of healthcare information have become some of the most heavily regulated areas of health care. There are some laws that concerning privacy of healthcare information like The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act(HIPAA). It mandated that health and human services issue regulations for the privacy of individually identifiable health information. Also it maintains the individuals past, present or future mental health or condition. It also many other things like Protected health information, notice of privacy practices, patient authorization, changes to records and tracking of disclosures. Additionally, ethical health research and privacy protection both provides valuable protection to society. Protecting individual’s