The DNP researcher wishes to collect data from participants' hospital medical records. In addition to ensuring informed consent and confidentiality, permission to access medical records must be granted by which organization?

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A researcher can gain access to medical records only through a privacy review conducted by an institutional review board (IRB). The Privacy Rule, which was implemented in 2004 as the first phase of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), defined patient rights regarding individual health information and established protection for access to and release of a patient's medical records. HIPAA also mandates the creation of privacy boards whose sole authority is to review individual privacy rights. The AMA, ANA, and hospital UR committee are not authorized to grant access to medical records to researchers.

The DNP Researcher Wishes to Collect Data from Participants' Hospital