07/15/2014
https://www.congress.gov...
"The Federal Government has spent more than $30 billion supporting the adoption of electronic health records, and we did it because we know that exchanging health information and providing patients wit..."
"In 1996, when Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, it set important privacy standards, and it made clear that patients have a right to see their own medic..."
"Making sure that patients have access to their own information is also the best way to engage patients in their own healthcare and to improve outcomes."
"Patients want access to their own health data, and they should have an easy way to do that."