Just wondering what approach is being taken by other hospitals
in regards to notification of the media. We have decided to discontinue
the practice of printing admissions, discharges, etc. and had also ( or so I
thought) agreed to discontinue releasing any information
to the media in the form of condition reports. (i.e. Treated, Admitted,
Treated and Released, etc.) There is concern in the organization that the
media will give us a "hard time" about this since it is part of their news
story. My personal feeling ( and I apologize to anyone this may
offend) is that the primary concern is protecting the patient privacy and what
is in the best interest of the patient. I don't particularly have concern
with a "news story". I prefer to take the approach of we are either going
to inform the media or not---- across the board---- not give them one type of
information vs. giving them another type of information......
Administratively, it makes more sense to me as well......
Please let me know how others are approaching
this......
Thanks for any input/
opinion.
Trish Lobdell
HIPAA Coordinator
The Monroe Clinic
Monroe WI
608.324.1802
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