The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), just announced a $200,000 civil monetary penalty against Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), a public academic health center and research university. OCR accused OHSU of violating an individual’s right to timely access her medical records
HSS dings research university for failure to provide timely access to patient records
HHS said the penalty marks OCR’s fifty-third HIPAA Right of Access enforcement action regarding patient access to medical records.