Data Access by different Providers

system · February 13, 2007, 1:46pm

aperezcrespo wrote on Tuesday, February 13, 2007:

I was just asked a the following: Does HIPAA allow all the doctors of a clinic access to all patients and their data even if each practices diffent type of medicine?
This seems to ask a similar question https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1559532&forum_id=202506

Thanks
Alfonso

system · February 19, 2007, 7:22pm

drbowen wrote on Monday, February 19, 2007:

If they are one business / admiistrative entity? probably yes. Though there should to be adequate logging to demonstrate need-to-know.

If they are not one entity, definitely not.

Sam Bowen, MD