We dive into the history of healthcare information and track back to the HiTech Act from 2009 and the journey from there through enforcement, guidance, and ultimately imposition of fines for enforcement. Progress was slow with each of these stages and steps taking years to come to full fruition.
As I mention in the discussion I carried around the memo from the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) – actually from 2013 that was my goto resource in obtaining access to my medical record.
