Psychotherapy, Personal Notes, and HIPAA WisdomCard™

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  1. Columbia University Health Center: Confidentiality of Psychotherapy and Personal Notes cumc.columbia.edu - Confidentiality of Psychotherapy and Personal Notes
  2. Ohio Hospital Association: Definitions - Psychotherapy Notes As Contained in the HHS Final HIPAA Privacy Rules bricker.com - Definitions - Psychotherapy Notes As Contained in the HHS Final HIPAA Privacy Rules
  3. PsychCentral: Psychotherapy Notes and HIPAA psychcentral.com - Psychotherapy Notes and HIPAA
  4. Judy Roberts: Psychotherapy Notes Under HIPAA judyroberts.net - Psychotherapy Notes Under HIPAA
  5. Psychiatric News: Do Patients Have Access to Therapy or Personal Notes? pn.psychiatryonline.org - Do Patients Have Access to Therapy or Personal Notes?
  6. State of New York Insurance Department: Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA), Privacy Rule, Psychotherapy Notes ins.state.ny.us - Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA), Privacy Rule, Psychotherapy Notes
  7. American Mental Health Alliance: The Contentious Matter of ‘Psychotherapy Notes’ Under HIPAA membership.americanmentalhealth.com - The Contentious Matter of ‘Psychotherapy Notes’ Under HIPAA
  8. Behavior Health Care Services: HIPAA Privacy Rule Checklists Section 164.508 – Authorizations for Psychotherapy Notes acbhcs.org - HIPAA Privacy Rule Checklists Section 164.508 – Authorizations for Psychotherapy Notes
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Research Notes on Psychotherapy, Personal Notes, and HIPAA


Psychotherapy notes are defined as: notes recorded in any medium by a mental health care provider who is documenting or analyzing the contents of conversation during a counseling session.1 Medication prescriptions, session start and stop times, results of clinical tests, and frequency of treatments are not considered to be psychotherapy notes. Personal notes are the practitioner's impressions, observations, and speculations of the patient.1

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  • Psychotherapy and personal notes may not be disclosed without authorization.2
  • These notes may be disclosed to authorities if serious harm to someone will take place.2
  • HIPAA permits psychiatrists to deny patients access to the notes.3

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Columbia University Health Center: Confidentiality of Psychotherapy and Personal Notes
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 PsychCentral: Psychotherapy Notes and HIPAA
  3. ↑ Psychiatric News: Do Patients Have Access to Therapy or Personal Notes?

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