Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill

Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2003

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill

Source: In Confidence (newsletter) | AHIMA Q and A

Publication Date: March 02, 2003

Question: May physicians’ offices or pharmacists leave messages for patients at their homes. Can providers mail appointment or prescription refill reminders to patient homes?
Answer: Yes. The rule does not prohibit covered entities (CEs) from leaving messages for patients on their answe....

Author: Harford, Joseph P.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2003

None of these methods of disposal address healthcare organizations’ environmental or legal responsibilities. But how do you know if your organization is legally positioned to handle disposal of computer equipment? This article will address these concerns.

What Is Legal?
<....

Author: Hubbartt, William S.

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: March 02, 2003

Over the past two years, health information managers have been involved in planning and implementing workplace changes in anticipation of the medical privacy requirements of HIPAA. One of those compliance requirements is to provide employee training.
Organizations subject to HIPAA must....

Author: Amatayakul, Margret

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2003

Many providers are putting the finishing touches on their HIPAA privacy compliance activities—but may have overlooked their self-insured health plan or assumed that their third-party administrator (TPA) was taking care of HIPAA compliance. Now is the time to take a closer look at your sel....

Author: AHIMA

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2003

Background: It is customary for family members, legal guardians, and friends of patients at [name of hospital] to telephone the hospital, inquire in person about the condition of a patient, or to request other health information. Privacy regulations require that a patient’s identity or oth....

Author: Bowen, Rita K.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2003

Creating a process to handle patients’ requests for restrictions on the use or disclosure of their health information may be one of the last items on your HIPAA checklist. Here’s how to take care of it.

One of the benefits extended to patients under the HIPAA privacy rule i....

Author: Bowen, Rita K.

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: February 02, 2003

As we continue to journey toward HIPAA readiness, a necessary step is identifying designated record sets (DRSs). DRSs are created to respond to patient requests concerning information used in making patient decisions. The definition of a DRS is any group of records (any item, collection, or g....

Author: Birnbaum, Cassi L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2003

Does your organization have a policy in place for protecting patient health information (PHI) over the phone?


This article will discuss how a workgroup at Children’s Hospital and Health Center (CHHC) in San Diego, CA, implemented a policy to protect verbal PHI and how your....

Author:

Source: AHIMA web extra

Publication Date: February 02, 2003

Use one of the two approaches below to involve and educate staff on privacy issues. The second method uses a more structured approach.
1. Protected health information (PHI) is confidential information that includes a patient's identity and medical information. Identify instances where PHI....