[Med-privacy] Consumer Guides on State Laws

[Peter Marshall]

*** Health Policy Institute Issues Consumer Guides on State Laws
     & Medical Privacy ***

Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute is issuing a series of 
state guides that are designed to help healthcare consumers understand 
their rights to see, get a copy of, and amend their medical records 
under a combination of their state laws and the HIPAA Privacy Rule. 
Guides for all 50 states will be posted on the Health Policy 
Institute's web site over the next two years; guides for 17 states are 
now available. Healthcare-related organizations are encouraged to link 
to the guides so that the materials are widely accessible to healthcare 
consumers.

Read more:
http://www.hipaadvisory.com/news/index.cfm#1024guhpi