Patient Privacy / Confidentiality / Consent / HIPAA

Confidentiality & Security: Protecting and Releasing Health Information in California
On April 14, 2003 the rules governing the release of health information became the amalgram of HIPAA and California confidentiality law. This publication is designed to inform health information management and other health care professionals about the new HIPAA privacy and security rules and includes the California Preemption rules.
CHIA, 7th edition, November 2008

A HIPAA Compendium: Patient Privacy in California This compendium contains the articles on HIPAA and patient privacy that were published in the CHIA Journal legal column beginning December 2000/January 2001 and continues to the present.
CHIA, November 2008

HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules Guide 
This HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules Guide contains a detailed summary of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules. This guide also serves as a reference for professionals who have been appointed to the Privacy and/or Security Officer role for their organization, those who manage release of information functions, or those who serve as a resource on privacy and/or security issues. This guide also is a valuable resource for professionals preparing to write the Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security (CHPS) examination sponsored by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). 
CHIA, 2nd edition, March 2008 (formerly the Certified in Healthcare Privacy (CHP) manual; now an all-new publication.

Subpoena Compliance: Releasing Protected Health Information
The purpose of this manual is to provide sufficient background information and specific guidelines for proper and adequate disclosure of information in response to a subpoena duces tecum. Although addressed primarily to the health information practitioner acting as ‘‘custodian of records’‘ in an acute care hospital, it is designed to be equally useful for those who have this responsibility in other health care settings and to individual providers of health care.
CHIA, 10th edition, September 2004
Consent Manual 
A must-have resource is essential for staying abreast of all the new consent-related laws for 2009.
CHA, 36th edition, 2009

California Health Information Privacy Manual
This California-specific resource was written to help hospitals understand and comply with increasingly complex federal and state laws regulating the privacy of health information. The manual addresses privacy requirements under the new federal Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, the California Patient Access to Health Records Act, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, and other state laws.
CHA, 2009
Records Retention Guide
Which records should be kept and for how long? Use this index of retention requirements to establish an efficient records retention schedule. Now includes HIPAA privacy requirements.
CHA, 7th edition, 2002
Minors & Health Care Law
A Handbook on Consent for Treatment of Infants, Children and Adolescents 

Who can give consent for treatment of a minor? What seems ‘‘right’‘ may not be legal. Covers consent for treatment of infants, children and adolescents. Updated to include new laws for 2004, including baby stalking and revisions to the newborn abandonment law.
CHA, 6th Edition, 2004 

Mental Health Law
The newly revised Mental Health Law manual has been updated to include all new laws effective January 1, 2004, recently released federal guidance on the confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse patient information and updated information on ‘’duty to warn’’ obligations.
CHA, 2nd Edition, 2005