Question

Why should it be considered appropriate for healthcare facilities to charge patients per page for copies of their own medical records, considering that it is the patient who owns the information contained in the record (but not the physical medical record)

Explain why you agree or disagree with this practice, and what alternatives you can suggest

Answer 1

Yes a I agree with this because the Patient have a legal right under HIPAA (health insurance portability and accountability act) to a copy of their medical record HIPAA privacy regulations has set a floor for maintaining the privacy and assess to the medical records if patient request copies of their medical records they may be required to pay for the copies and if they want their records to be sent them via post then it's cost May also includ the postal charges but if a patient want that it can be mailed to him than it does not involve any kind of coping and postal charges

If a patient agreed to receive the summary of the explanation of his or her protected medical information the covered entity May also charge a fee for preparation of summery or explaination

Suggestions :-

Other than paper copies of health information we can use EHR effectively now a days because this is a fast easy and more legible for their accessibility permanence simplicity of encryption and authentication and standardisation

They can be assessed easily at a very low cost with virtually no delay