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HISPC Disclaimer

The Health Information Security and Privacy section of the Department of Community Health Web site is intended to serve as a central repository for resources related to the security and privacy of electronic health information. It should prove useful to healthcare consumers, healthcare providers, and others who are interested in learning about electronic health information.

Georgia is one of many states and territories involved in the Consumer Education and Engagement Collaborative of the Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC), an effort to raise the awareness of the value and benefit of entering, exchanging, accessing, storing, and maintaining health information electronically. Much of the information in the Awareness Toolkit on the site is the result of this work. While it is our intention to always present accurate information, we make no warranties regarding its correctness and do not endorse, approve or certify such information, nor do we guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness, or correct sequencing of such information.

Georgia accepts no liability for damages of any kind resulting from reliance on any of the information provided therein. By proceeding to use this site, each user expressly waives any and all rights of action that he or she may have against the state arising out of use and/or reliance on the information found herein.