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What is record access?
Record access refers to who can see the record. By default, when a record is added to the database, its record access is set to public. This means all users can see the record. You can have public, private, or limited access to records. Access to user records (including your My Record) is always set to public.
Who can Access Health Records Act 1990?
Under the Access to Health Records Act 1990, the personal representative of the deceased and people who may have a claim arising from the patient’s death are permitted access to the records.
What does it mean to have access to a record?
An access right is granted to a user for a particular record. The following table lists the descriptions for these access rights. Controls whether the user can read a record. Controls whether the user can update a record. Controls whether the user can assign a record to another user.
How to control access to the same record?
Use GrantAccessRequest, ModifyAccessRequest, and RevokeAccessRequest for sharing. A user might have access to the same record in more than one context. For example, a user might share a record directly with specific access rights, and he or she might also be on a team in which the same record is shared with different access rights.
Access rights on a shared record can be different for each user with whom the record is shared. However, you cannot give a user any rights that he or she would not have for that type of entity, based on the role assigned to that user.
Can a user be assigned to more than one role?
Each user can be assigned to only a single role in the role hierarchy, and no user is granted access by default to records that other users assigned to the same role can access. Users at higher levels of the role hierarchy inherit the same level of access to records that users assigned to subordinate roles have.