Center of Excellence for Protected Health Information
Center of Excellence for Protected Health Information
FOCUS: PHI is a SAMHSA-funded source for clear and accurate information about patient privacy and confidentiality
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Patient privacy and confidentiality form a crucial component of the patient-doctor treatment relationship, particularly when seeking treatment for mental health or substance use disorders. Multiple federal privacy laws, in addition to state laws, provide privacy protections for mental health and substance use disorder treatment records, while permitting communication of these records to other healthcare providers, patients’ families, and others.
In the face of these overlapping laws, it can be difficult for patients, their families, and health professionals to understand: What...
Compliance with 42 CFR Part 2: A Case Study with Community Medical Centers, Inc.
Compliance with 42 CFR Part 2: A Case Study with Community Medical Centers, Inc.
Developed by HITEQ with Adapt Health Information Technology and Chiron Strategy Group
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Health centers are actively expanding the substance use treatment services they offer in the community to address access to care for opioid use disorders, and more broadly to address better screening, referral and timely access to all substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. The downloadable case study below is an example of how a health center is assessing operations to comply with 42 CFR...