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record (Florida)
In specifying health
privacy requirements, Florida statutes generally target the
"medical record" or "patient record" as
the object of protection. There is no precise definition offered,
similar to the HIPAA concept of protected
health information (PHI), for what is embraced by these
terms.
The statutory chapter
regulating practitioners and non-hospital facilities defines
it as information generated from "a physical or mental
examination ... or administering treatment or dispensing [drugs]."
(FL Stat 456.057)
The chapter regulating
hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities defines it as
including the following elements: "[B]asic client data
collection; a listing of the patient's problems; the initial
plan with diagnostic and therapeutic orders as appropriate
for each problem identified; and progress notes, including
a discharge summary." It is further defined to include
"X rays and insurance information." (395.3015, 3025)
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