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Published: April 2008

Online toolkit helps consumers safeguard medical information

Consumer Action Privacy Coalition partner, Patient Privacy Rights, has updated its "Privacy Toolkit" for consumers interested in protecting their medical data.

Patient Privacy Rights has updated its online “Privacy Toolkit” to help consumers protect their medical information. The toolkit includes a form that allows consumers to specify to their doctor or other medical provider which sensitive information should not be shared without consent, a checklist to help manage consents to medical personnel, and guidelines for discussing privacy with a doctor.

Click here to download the medical information consent form

Click here to download a checklist to help manage consents

Click here to download guidelines for discussing privacy with medical providers

Click here to learn more about Patient Privacy Rights