Software Design

Medical Record Access and HIPAA Audit Trails

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UML use case diagram illustrating Clinician and Compliance Officer interacting with Patient Chart access, audit logging, and break-glass overrides.
UML use case diagram illustrating Clinician and Compliance Officer interacting with Patient Chart access, audit logging, and break-glass overrides.
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What it shows

  • Chart lookups must unconditionally invoke audit recording via include.
  • Break-glass emergency overrides extend normal chart viewing security.
  • Compliance auditors inspect read-only audit streams independently.

The takeaway

Audit logging belongs inside core use case definitions to ensure compliance is never treated as an afterthought.

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