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What is the purpose of HIPAA as it relates to medical transcription?

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HIPAA is basically for privacy, anytime you transcribe something you must do it in a way where it wont give away the patients Identity to anyone whose not apart of the patients medical triage team.

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HIPAA is basically for privacy, anytime you transcribe something you must do it in a way where it wont give away the patients Identity to anyone whose not apart of the patients medical triage team
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