{"id":939,"date":"2020-09-15T09:43:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T09:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acrodocz.com\/?p=939"},"modified":"2021-10-28T05:54:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T05:54:21","slug":"hitech-and-its-impact-on-medical-records-retrieval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acrodocz.com\/hitech-and-its-impact-on-medical-records-retrieval\/","title":{"rendered":"HITECH and its Impact on Medical Records Retrieval"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is HITECH?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)<\/strong>\u00a0sets the criteria for the secure management of Electronically Protected Health Information (ePHI). It aims to eliminate issues like loss or theft of data, data entry errors, etc. and provides the guidelines for access and sharing of medical records.<\/p>\n

The HITECH act simplifies and streamlines the process of\u00a0medical records retrieval<\/a>, which is perhaps the most time consuming and costly task for\u00a0personal injury<\/a>, \u00a0medical malpractice<\/a>, and Mass Tort<\/u>\u00a0law firms and attorneys.<\/p>\n

The Act provides individuals with the right to obtain a copy of their ePHI, and the right to designate that the records be sent to an entity or personal representative of their choosing. In addition, the only fees that can be charged are $6.50 or the cost based fees for labor for the production of the ePHI.<\/p>\n

Advantages of HITECH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though HITECH has been enacted to provide patients more control over their health information, the act also makes it much easier for law firms and attorneys and their third-party record retrieval companies to retrieve medical records on the behalf of their clients (patients) faster and at reduced costs.<\/p>\n

A case\u2019s success may depend on how quickly a law firm can gather all the records related to the litigation. Faster access to the required medical records can help the attorneys investigate the matter further and obtain important information to prove the injury, causation and damages.<\/p>\n

Medical Records Retrieval with HITECH<\/strong><\/p>\n

With HITECH the process of medical records retrieval is much simpler.<\/p>\n