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Vaccine credentials: How to make sure they’re done right

Show your app, get into the concert. That kind of idea has appeal, but the AMA says making it work means overcoming big concerns on privacy, inequity.

Infectious Diseases
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How to protect privacy when integrating behavioral health care

Learn how physician practices can comply with privacy laws when sharing sensitive mental health information to meet their patients’ needs.

Behavioral Health
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Patient Access Playbook: Introduction

Download the playbook PDF to learn more about how critical it is that practices help provide patients with their own health information, not only because it’s the law but also because it is the right thing to do.

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Digital
Digital Health Implementation Playbook Series
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4 Min Read

Common HIPAA violations physicians should guard against

Since 2003, these five violations of patient privacy have been catching the attention of federal regulators who have been keeping an eye on physicians.

HIPAA
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4 Min Read

How doctors can adjust to new reality—opening notes to patients

Learn more with the AMA about how physicians can comply with new federal information-blocking rule by effectively sharing notes with patients.

Digital
Jan 27, 2021 ·
2 Min Read

Privacy and security: Communication of behavioral health information

This webinar provided an overview of the current behavioral health privacy and security landscape. Watch now and download the slides.

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Events
AMA STEPS Forward® Innovation Academy Webinar Series
4 Min Read

Patient Access Playbook: Legal requirements

Download the playbook PDF to learn how federal medical privacy law, commonly known as HIPAA, provides a patient the right to obtain an electronic copy of their medical record in the patient’s preferred form and format.

Digital
3 Min Read

Patient Access Playbook: The world of apps

Download the Patient Access Playbook PDF to learn about rights and responsibilities when patients use apps for their EHRs.

Digital
10 Min Read

Patient Access Playbook: FAQs

Download a PDF of the Patient Access Playbook to read frequently asked questions and their answers.

Digital