Examples of disclosures that have to be accounted for: * Any disclosures made due to mandatory reporting, such as reporting of communicable diseases * Disclosures made to authorities, such as reporting of suspected abuse or neglect, suspicious situations, locating suspects, crime on premises, for law enforcement purposes, etc. * Reports made to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) * Information provided to funeral directors * Organ procurement * Information released based on a subpoena or court order
-----Original Message----- From: Nancy Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 10:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Noel, Linda A.'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Accounting of Disclosures: If we receive a request for an accounting, and we do not have to include disclosures made for treatment, payment, or operations, or disclosures made because a signed consent or authorization is in place for that disclosure (marketing, disability determination, etc), what's left? Seems to me, the only thing left is mistakes. Please let me know if I am missing something here. Nancy Jones HIPAA Project Mgr. Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital Nacogdoches, Texas > "Bentz-Miller, Judith" wrote: > > I am currently looking for software for the accounting of disclosures > that we can use clinic (1200 employees, 26 sites, 150 docs) for the > log. any suggestions are appreciated. > > We are going to use the same support process that we use for the > authorization requests (FMLAs, etc...) The process is already set up, > it will just be adding this responsibility to the list. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Noel, Linda A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 6:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Accounting of Disclosures: > > Would anyone be willing to share how they plan to implement > the "accounting of disclosures"? Also, the point of entry > for the patient's request -- who will own the process within > the facility. We are a large organization with 6 hospitals, > physician practices and clinics. We do not have one central > computer system. > > Linda Noel > Corporate Privacy Officer > Corporate Compliance > Orlando Regional Healthcare > 321-843-8693 > > The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not > moderated. The > discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views > of the individual > participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of > the WEDI Board of > Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official > opinion, post > your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at > http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. > Posting of advertisements or other commercial use of this > listserv is > specifically prohibited. > > The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. > The > discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the > individual > participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI > Board of > Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, > post > your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at > http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. > Posting of advertisements or other commercial use of this listserv is > specifically prohibited. The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. Posting of advertisements or other commercial use of this listserv is specifically prohibited.
