State Law - Section 160.202.
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Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:17 AM
To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List
Subject:Re: psych notes
There may be reason to look at this again. "More stringent" as
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Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 2:17 PM
To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List
Subject: Re: psych notes
There may be reason to look at this again. "More stringent" as in greater
restriction on the patient or the staff? If HIPAA explicitly gives the
patient right to access their own recor
There may be reason to look at this again. "More stringent" as in greater restriction
on the patient or the staff? If HIPAA explicitly gives the patient right to access
their own record, which regs prempt?
Dale K Howe
Grand Rapids, MI
In a message dated 3/24/2003 1:30:53 PM Eastern Standard Tim
h records' are restricted from access by the patient -- at least while
therapy is occurring.
-Original Message-From: Matthew Rosenblum
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 9:27
PMTo: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup ListSubject: RE: psych
notes
Paulett
Paulette,
Among
most behavioral health professionals "process" notes (referred to by
HIPAA as "psychotherapy" notes) are those pieces of documentation
that therapists write, basically for their own use, to remind themselves of what
the patient has said, for example, the content of a dre
There
is a difference of opinions on the list servs.
Psychotherapy notes and the mental health records are two separate
things. Psychotherapy notes are the psychiatrists own personal notes they
keep in their office. Psychotherapy notes do not go into
the medical record. The notes that a
