Table 5.

Consensus Expectations for the Content Area, “Individual Access”

Individuals should be allowed access to view and amend or append information to their personally identifiable health information records.

5.1 Except in specific and limited circumstances the health information trustee provides individuals access to review and copy their own identifiable health information.

5.2 Should patients review their information and believe it to be incomplete or inaccurate, health information trustees allow individuals to suggest amendments, which will be appended to their records. There need not be a requirement to delete data that are inaccurate or incomplete; rather, corrected information may be added to the record with the date and source of the appended information marked.