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Many don’t realize that HIPAA not only protects personal health information from misuse, but also enables that personal health information to be accessed, used, or disclosed interoperably, when and where it is needed for patient care.https://healthit.gov/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/08/ONC.jpg1200628