HIPAA rules about health information privacy are often misunderstood. Learn what HIPAA actually requires.
Patient rights to records
- The HIPAA Privacy Rule, a federal law, generally gives patients the right to access their complete medical record
- The main exceptions to this rule are
- Psychotherapy notes about a counseling session
- Disclosures that are likely to endanger the life or physical safety of the patient or another person
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