New law requires health care organizations give patients access to their records digitally
Published: April 5, 2021 5:48 PM EDT
Updated: April 6, 2021 5:52 PM EDT
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A new federal law goes into effect Monday requiring health care organizations to give patients access to their own records online. WINK News explains how this impacts you and why not every company was on board immediately.
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