Assessment Tool For Storing and Sharing Music Therapy Patient Records2010-03-04 00:00:00within the assessment tool. If the user is not deemed to be authorized to edit or add the particular record of the particular patient, a message stating that editing is not permitted is displayed to the user, and no change is recorded in the assessment tool.
[0027]According to U.S. Federal regulations enacted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, health care providers may not use or disclose protected health information except as specifically permitted in or required by 45 C.F.R. .sctn. 164.502, hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Furthermore, barring specifically excepted situations, U.S. Federal regulations require that when using or disclosing protected health information, providers must make reasonable efforts to limit protected health information to the minimum required to accomplish the intended purpose. Certain embodiments of the present invention use the security feature of the assessment tool to prevent data fields containing protected health information from being viewed by users not authorized to view such information. These embodiments of the present invention allow at least one user to specify which data fields are accessible to other specific users or groups of users. The security system can be implemented so that only the minimum required protected health information is shared between authorized users.
DEFINITIONS
[0028]The term "user" as used herein refers to any person who interacts with the assessment tool to read a field or datum, enter a field or datum, delete a field or datum, write a field or datum, create a field or datum, add a field or datum, edit a field or datum, and/or copy a field or datum
of any patient record.
[0029]The term "patient record" as used herein refers to a co...
