1. Jeff Kerber Director, HIPAA Compliance Texoma Health Care System 903-416-5520 903-867-1617 (Pager) jkerber @ thcs .org Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act: Workforce Training
24. Most of HIPAA Compliance takes place between the ears . The best technological solution can be defeated by something as simple as a post-it note or idle gossip. Compliance will require a renewed culture of privacy !
25. Questions? Jeff Kerber Director, HIPAA Compliance Texoma Health Care System 903-416-5520 903-867-1617 (pager) jkerber @ thcs .org
Hinweis der Redaktion
Big fear has been that you can’t call a patient name in the waiting room. Not true. HIPAA isn’t supposed to turn your office into Baskin-Robbins. Sign-in sheets should help keep the patient information private while still allowing the office to function – no doc name in multiple physician offices, no chief complaint, no demographics.
You don’t have to play hide and seek with the patients. Charts hanging on the doors are OK. Names should be hidden. Turn the chart around. Use holders that are opaque if large enough to conceal the name.