HIPAA Privacy Standards the went into effect in April of 2003 greatly affect both the privacy rights of patients and the duties of medical personnel.

Running head : HIPPA PRIVACY STANDARDS

Name

University

Course

Tutor

Date

Question 1

An individual has the right to request and view his private health information which if procedures are followed must be made available to him or her by the guardian of such information . One can ask to see or for a copy of his or her medical record besides other health information . However , it is not a guarantee that an individual gets all information such as in the case where a medical officer holds the believe

that the viewing of some information may endanger the viewer or somebody else . In such a case , the officer may fail to provide the needed information . Once a written request is submitted to the covered entity in question , an individual is supposed to get the required information within 30 days though this can be extended to another 30 days if and only if a substantial reason is provided . The individual may also be required to pay a certain fee to cover for the copying and mailing if a copy is requested (Mclean , 2001 ,

. 234

An individual can request for corrections to be made to his or her health information if after going through it finds that wrong information has been recorded or the is incomplete . In this respect , correcting wrong information is supposed to take 60 days but this can increase by another 30 days if a proper reason is given for the delay . To learn how the information is being...