Legal Handbook Portal

This valuable online resource is updated in real-time and provides information regarding state and federal legislation, regulation, and professional best practices for all legal aspects of managing, maintaining, and releasing health information.

Authors: Faculty of the Department of Health Informatics & Information Management at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center

About the Portal

Who would benefit from this valuable web portal? HIM Directors, Physician Practice Managers, Release of Information Companies, Legal Consultants, and the list goes on!

Chapters include consents, subpoenas, release of information, behavioral health records, the medical record (including the legal EHR), required reporting, and more!

Updates to the web portal will be made in real-time as additions or revisions are made. You can also select to receive an email notification to notify you of the update.

Access Instructions

When you order online, you will be asked for the email addresses for each of the subscribers. Once your payment has been received, access instructions will be emailed to each of these email addresses within two business days from receipt of payment.

If you have already purchased and have not received your access instruction email, please contact us.

Pricing

Access to the THIMA Legal Handbook Web Portal is obtained by a yearly subscription. The subscription will run from October 1st – September 30th of each year. Prorated payments will not be available.

Subscribers will receive an annual renewal notice. The yearly renewal rates below will apply.

When you register online, you will have the option to pay by mail with a check or pay online with a credit card (AMEX, MasterCard, or Visa). If you are paying by check, “offline/mail” under payment options in the shopping cart. You will later see instructions to print the invoice page and mail your payment to KnowledgeConnex. The mailing address will be on the invoice.

Price does not include the 9.25% Tennessee sales tax if your billing address is in the state of Tennessee. The sales tax will be added to your purchase. If you are tax-exempt, you will have the ability to exclude the sales tax when you proceed with the payment process.