All healthcare-related organization’s policies and processes must reflect the standards governing patient access to records. The guidance explains how to offer access, what costs can be paid, and what the individual's rights are when it comes to information access.

A recent Federal court judgement altered some portions of the individual access regulations regarding the transmission of records to third parties at the individual's request. The modifications would also make it easier to share information for care coordination purposes.

The US Department of Health and Human Services has pub