Releasing Protected Health Information

In this day of privacy rights, theft and HIPPA compliance, each person has greater concerns for the use and access of their information. We all have witness in countless stories or newspaper headlines of our information being [Doctoral rule (but good advice for any academic writer)--If not a noun (as in "human being"), the word "Being" is hard to imagine; it means "existing." Try to rewrite this without using "being"--with action words like "attending," "working," "living," "experiencing," simply "as"--or even removing "being" completely] sold to the highest bidder. When laws to prevent that were [Writing suggestion: rewrite the sentence to remove "that were"] put in place, we watched as our information was stolen from various companies. When security protocols were put in place we watched people from the inside sale our private files to those who sought to benefit from them on the outside. We know now that [Since this is being read after you wrote it, "Now" and "Now that" are vague. Do you mean as of the time you were writing? When was that? To indicate a step or a point in a sequence, use "When." If indicating actions since some event in the past, try "Since," "As," etc. ] sharing personal information to others about our private records can lead to theft, unlawful use and even ransoms. In this event of the need for health information from the public is limited or not authorized. The patients consent is needed to authorize any release of information. In addition, the lawyers of the patient are also contractually permitted to release such information. An attorney who is seeking said information could not use this information to pursue a competence case. This is used to hinder any frivolous lawsuits against the hospital that is [Wordiness: see if you can remove "that" or "that is"] caring for the patient. Releasing protected health information to government agencies requires what is called a PHI. PHI protected health information is over saw by HIIPA. The government agency that was inducted to protect the hospitals security and compliance is an organization called HIPPA. HIPPA the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability of 1996 is federally making health insurance more portable when people change their jobs, and makes the healthcare system more accountable for cost. Through HIPPA government agencies do not need the direct consent of the patient except as required by HIPPA. In this event the government agency are also required to gain the patients consent when HIPPA compliances are questioned. This agency can then obtain the necessary i9nformation that they seek by patient authorization and before they release any information about the patient. This way all government agencies have to follow protocols and guidelines when dealing with the exposure of patients public records. The have to abide by the HIPPA laws to privacy making us the general public s [Redundancy: "public" means the general population. Remove "general"] afe from a governmental release of unauthorized information. This gives the patient control over what is considered private to them. This also sets boundaries for government agencies on just what they can and cannot release about health records to a public. When records are to be released or required by a legal agency or representative a format of guidelines are followed. The information is not directly released to the agency unless by direct authorization of the patient or legally ordered. In this event, the legal agency or their representatives have to notify the said patient of their need and ask the