HIPAA Helpful Guidance

This page provides additional guidance to help the CMU workforce understand how HIPAA applies in specific situations. These resources are intended to support compliance and supplement formal policies and procedures.

Available Guidance Documents

• EMR Access for Self and Family Members
  Guidance on appropriate access to electronic medical records (EMR), including restrictions related to accessing your own records or those of family members.
  
• Break-the-Glass (BTG) Access Guidance
  Guidance on the appropriate use of emergency or elevated access to protected health information (PHI).

Find additional information about HIPAA both as it relates to CMU and on a greater scale.