The AP (10/11) reports the US Supreme Court will not “hear a dispute between West Virginia health officials and a patient advocacy group over access to medical records.” On Oct. 11, “the justices…let stand a state court ruling that said federal laws protecting health record privacy don’t prevent Legal Aid of West Virginia from reviewing patient files at the state’s two psychiatric hospitals.”
Related Links:
— “JUSTICES WON’T HEAR DISPUTE OVER ACCESS TO HEALTH RECORDS,” Associated Press, October 11, 2016.