ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2020
Doctors Routinely Share Health Data Electronically Under HIPAA, and Sharing With Patients and Patients' Third-Party Health Apps is Consistent: Interoperability and Privacy Analysis.
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Abstract
Since 2000, federal regulations have affirmed that patients have a right to a complete copy of their health records from their physicians and hospitals. Today, providers across the nation use electronic health records and electronic information exchange for health care, and patients are choosing digital health apps to help them manage their own health and health information. Some doctors and health systems have voiced concern about whether they may transmit a patient's data upon the patient's request to the patient or the patient's health app. This hesitation impedes shared information and care coordination with patients. It impairs patients' ability to use the state-of-the-art digital health tools they choose to track and manage their health. It undermines the ability of patients' family caregivers to monitor health and to work remotely to provide care by using the nearly unique capabilities of health apps on people's smartphones. This paper explains that sharing data electronically with patients and patients' third-party apps is legally consistent under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) with routine electronic data sharing with other doctors for treatment or with insurers for reimbursement. The paper explains and illustrates basic principles and scenarios around sharing with patients, including patients' third-party apps. Doctors routinely and legally share health data electronically under HIPAA whether or not their organizations retain HIPAA responsibility. Sharing with patients and patients' third-party apps is no different and should be just as routine.
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