Patient Histories Should Be Exposed Through Organ Procurement Firm, Commands Supreme Court Magistrate

The Supreme Court magistrate in the New York City has just given his statement about the medical archives of patients. He says that the medical records which are present at the organ donor firm in New York must be returned to the person and the complaint cannot be turned down on the basis of the rules of HIPAA.

Patrick McMahon has claimed that he was fired from his job just because of the reason that he followed the four of his patients who came to him for the organ harvesting purpose. Their organs were not completely dead and showed clear symptoms of life. The plaintiff had to lose his job because of the poor performance at work. Here, it is most likely to be mentioned that the worker was not a permanent one. Rather, he was still on his probation. The accusations regarding the purchasing of organs were rejected.

The organ contributor system has turned down the request of McMahon. Rather giving the personal details of all patients and subsequent of kin. They inform McMahon that he needs to get the permission of the patients in order to spread the details of about their organs. He cannot simply publish the information without their consent. McMahon claims that he tried to obtain agreement forms, but in spite of diligent efforts, was powerless to get the authorizations. Deprived of admission to the healing records of people, McMahon is incapable to deliver the proof connected to his declared cause of deed.

McMahon contended that this New York Tissue Donor Net is not in the list of HIPAA-covered firms and consequently it would not be considered as the breakage of HIPAA-laws by spinning over the peoples’ archives.

The New York tissue Donor net made sure that this firm is not in the list of firms which are covered by the HIPAA laws, but yet it must fulfill its duty to uphold patient privacy. The perpetrator also highlighted it has arrived into memos of indulgence with clinics in which admission to data was checked so as to enable the process of organ donation.

 

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Murphy Miller is the Editor of Healthcare IT Journal, a leading newspaper in the healthcare information technology. Murphy's work covers a variety of topics including healthcare information technology advancements, health policy and compliance, patient privacy and confidentialy, and the financial aspects of healthcare. As the editor of the Healthcare IT Journal, Murphy Miller provides straightforward, informative content to guide professionals and policymakers in the healthcare and IT fields.

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