We have been asked to provide information system access to an acute care rehab facility that needs to evaluate a patient's EMR to determine if they are a candidate for transfer to that facility. Providing this level of system access is a concern in more ways than one, but assuming that we can control their access to only the potential referral, I have this question:
Is supplying PHI to a referral facility allowed under "operations" (i.e. finding a place for the patient to be discharged to)? Or are we obligated to removed obvious identifiers such as name, medical record number, address and only provide the information clinically required to evaluate the patient? Thanks for your responses to this issue. -------------------------------------------------------- Lois Bergstrom Fairview Privacy Director 2450 Riverside Ave, MB533 Minneapolis, MN 55454 Office 612-672-5647 Fax 612-672-2310 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.
