Medical Records: Privacy and Access Rights Granted by HIPAA

Deven McGraw is the chief regulatory officer for Ciitizen, a tech company creating a platform that helps people collect, organize, and share their medical records digitally. Before joining Ciitizen, she directed U.S. health privacy and security policy as deputy director for health information privacy at the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, the office that oversees HIPAA policy and enforcement. She also served as acting chief privacy officer for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. McGraw also served as an adviser to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Network, as well as the All of Us Research Initiative.

Listen to the podcast to hear Deven discuss:

• what HIPAA is and what it was created to do
• how HIPAA guarantees people access to their health information
• tips for requesting and then keeping track of your medical records