ITEMS IN FPM ON TOPIC:
Patient rights
January/February 2019 Issue
Protecting Adolescent Patient Privacy: Four Key Questions
[Feature]
When an adolescent patient requests confidential services, here’s what you need to know about their rights and your responsibilities.
September/October 2018 Issue
The Case for Medical Chaperones
[Opinion]
It's time for more discussion about how best to incorporate chaperones in primary care.
March/April 2014 Issue
Incorporating Medical Interpretation Into Your Practice
[Feature]
Making sure you can understand your patients not only improves their care but avoids legal trouble.
Jul-Aug 2008 Issue
Paging Dr. Colombo: When Physicians Become Instruments of the Law
[Opinion]
What do you do when the law and your Hippocratic Oath come into conflict?
Apr 2005 Issue
Ten Steps to HIPAA Security Compliance
[Feature]
Protecting your patients’ health information is more difficult and more important than ever. The author’s strategy will help you meet this month’s deadline.
Nov-Dec 2002 Issue
The HIPAA Privacy Rule: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
[Feature]
How will the privacy rule affect your practice? We took that question and others to a health care attorney to find out.
Jul-Aug 2001 Issue
Forget HIPAA; Think of Your Patients
[Editor's Page]
Introduces the cover story on HIPAA security regulations, urges readers not to panic about HIPAA. Includes a box soliciting members of the Panel of Reader Representatives.
Jun 2001 Issue
Making Sense of Health Plan Denials
[Feature]
The first step to understanding and responding to denials is recognizing the difference between medical necessity and medical benefits.
Mar 2001 Issue
What You Need to Know About HIPAA Now
[Feature]
Now that the final privacy rules have been published, your practice can’t afford to ignore this legislation.
Oct 2000 Issue
Getting a Lock on Patient Confidentiality With E-Mail Encryption
[Feature]
How can you be sure that patient information you share electronically with other physicians is not as accessible as a note on a postcard?
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