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HIPAA and EMS: Navigating Information Sharing and Quality Improvement

For EMS providers, HIPAA requires that any medical information about their patients be protected.
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What Medics Want: An Analysis of Patient Follow-Up Requests Submitted by Emergency Medical Services Personnel Through a Quality Improvement Intervention

This study describes the development of a protected health information-compliant EMS feedback process and the characteristics of patient outcome requests.
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HIPAA Basics and Tips for EMS Providers

The National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) and Page, Wolfberg & Wirth (PWW) have come up with new resource for EMS agencies nationwide.
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