Hipaa Privacy Regulations

lisalynn68 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1

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Apr 22, 2013, 01:35 PM

Hipaa Privacy Regulations

Is it a Hipaa violation for medical professionals to take patient files home to work on them?

Curlyben Posts: 18,514, Reputation: 1860

BossMan

Apr 22, 2013, 01:52 PM

Depends if they allow the contained information to be shared.

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