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2. Informed Consent in Healthcare: What It Is and Why It's Needed

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   Informed consent is a process that’s required for most medical procedures. However, there’s often confusion about what informed consent is, what it means, and when it’s needed.

3. Tips to Get Your Medical Records - WebMD

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   Step 2: Check your doctor's website. If you visit a medical practice, your doctor may have details on how to request your medical record on their website. Step 3: Call or e-mail your doctor ...

4. Release of information department - Wikipedia

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   A release of information (ROI) department or division is found in the majority of hospitals. In the United States, HIPAA and state guidelines strongly direct the rules and regulations of patient information. ROI departments perform such tasks as obtaining patient consent, certifying medical records, and deciding what information can be released ...

5. Medical record - Wikipedia

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   A medical record includes a variety of types of "notes" entered over time by healthcare professionals, recording observations and administration of drugs and therapies, orders for the administration of drugs and therapies, test results, X-rays, reports, etc. The maintenance of complete and accurate medical records is a requirement of health ...

6. Online Medical Records and Privacy - WebMD

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   Under the rules, patients need to grant specific authorization for release of records to outside entities such as life insurers, banks, marketing firms, or other businesses.

7. Prior authorization - Wikipedia

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   Prior authorization is a check run by some insurance companies or third-party payers in the United States before they will agree to cover certain prescribed medications or medical procedures. [1] There are a number of reasons that insurance providers require prior authorization, including age, medical necessity, the availability of a generic ...