Medical Record Confidentiality for Medical Transcriptionists

One of the major health care principles has always been confidentiality of the medical record. Protecting the patient's privacy has always been a top priority of the medical world.

As a medical transcriptionist you are responsible for making accurate medical records and at the same time maintaining patient confidentiality concerning those records.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the Privacy Rule to implement the requirement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). A major goal of the Privacy Rule is to assure that patient's health information is protected while allowing the flow of health information needed to provide high quality care.

Each medical transcriptionist needs to be always aware of patient confidentiality and follow the HIPAA guidelines.