United States: Provider Confusion And Interoperability Concerns Prompt OCR And ONC To Release Guidance On PHI Sharing

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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT ("ONC") and the Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") released two fact sheets regarding permitted uses and disclosures of protected health information ("PHI") among health care providers and other entities covered by HIPAA