Different states require exchanges and providers to deal with data and consent in a number of different ways. Health information exchanges (HIEs) allow doctors and hospitals to quickly see patients’…

Read carefully and sign often See if this seems familiar to you. You go to see your primary care physician and are asked to sign a consent form that gives…

The Value of Sharing Your Health Records Safely and Securely When you go to a physician, hospital or other medical facility for the first time, you’ll probably be asked to…

Obtaining patient consent: Why is it necessary to ask every patient to sign a consent form in order to look at that patient’s complete medical history? After all, the patient…

Everything you need to know about recent rule changes regarding substance abuse and mental health treatment records. When a patient signs a consent to give you access to their medical…

Hixny began 2017 with 10 public health departments, including the New York State Department of Health, connected. Montgomery County Department of Public Health was the first county agency to join…