of State Law - Section 160.202.
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Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:17 AM
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Subject:Re: psych notes
There may be reason to look at this again. More stringent as in greater
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
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 dream,
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 notesdonotgo into
the medical record. The notes that are
