[Mailman-Users] HIPAA compliant?
Anyone on the list involved with HIPAA, in healthcare records? I am a chiropractor and am wondering about using a mailing list among patients, not wanting to create any problems or HIPAA violations. Any pitfalls to watch out for? Dr. Jones -- Dr. Scott S. Jones Hands-On Chiropractic IRC: irc.freenode.net #utah Yahoo: sanchiro12 -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
Re: [Mailman-Users] HIPAA compliant?
A mailing list would not be HIPPA compliant. Then again it may be, but it depends highly on the reasoning and use of the list. Sean Collen Chief Systems Administrator 10 Empire State Blvd Capitol Corporate Campus Castleton, NY 12033 518-479-1226 518-479-5100 -- www.aanet.org -- On Apr 22, 2004, at 2:34 PM, Dr. Jones wrote: Anyone on the list involved with HIPAA, in healthcare records? I am a chiropractor and am wondering about using a mailing list among patients, not wanting to create any problems or HIPAA violations. Any pitfalls to watch out for? Dr. Jones -- Dr. Scott S. Jones Hands-On Chiropractic IRC: irc.freenode.net #utah Yahoo: sanchiro12 -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
Re: [Mailman-Users] HIPAA compliant?
Sean: A mailing list would not be HIPPA compliant. Then again it may be, but it depends highly on the reasoning and use of the list. Here's my high reasoning, why it would not. If I keep it a moderated list, and the list members' names are not published to the list, i.e., on member on the list can't really find out the identity of any other list member, then I would think the privacy issue is covered. As for use of the list, my use of it would be to disseminate health information to my patients. A side purpose would be to generate discussion about healthcare, and hopefully encourage others on the list to reply to and comment on the postings of some other members. I would NOT be including individual member addresses on the list for public distribution, just what people had written. If one user wanted to contact another it would be solely at the discretion of the "another" user With this clarification, would it seem more 'compliant'? I read about MD's conducting group classes to instruct several patients at one time. I don't read anywhere about each patient being blindfolded, or being instructed to never utter their own names outloud in such sessions. ? -- On Apr 22, 2004, at 2:34 PM, Dr. Jones wrote: Anyone on the list involved with HIPAA, in healthcare records? I am a chiropractor and am wondering about using a mailing list among patients, not wanting to create any problems or HIPAA violations. Any pitfalls to watch out for? Dr. Jones -- Dr. Scott S. Jones Hands-On Chiropractic IRC: irc.freenode.net #utah Yahoo: sanchiro12 -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ -- Dr. Scott S. Jones Hands-On Chiropractic IRC: irc.freenode.net #utah Yahoo: sanchiro12 -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
Re: [Mailman-Users] HIPAA compliant?
Yes, that is fine, I run a list like that now for the National Kidney Foundation. A place for an administrator to send out health info, and a place for everyone to have discussions on different issues and such. We have not had any issues with HIPPA up to now, and many of our members/clients have already been audited by those HIPPA compliancy groups. Sean Collen Chief Systems Administrator 10 Empire State Blvd Capitol Corporate Campus Castleton, NY 12033 518-479-1226 518-479-5100 -- www.aanet.org -- On Apr 22, 2004, at 3:48 PM, Dr. Jones wrote: Sean: A mailing list would not be HIPPA compliant. Then again it may be, but it depends highly on the reasoning and use of the list. Here's my high reasoning, why it would not. If I keep it a moderated list, and the list members' names are not published to the list, i.e., on member on the list can't really find out the identity of any other list member, then I would think the privacy issue is covered. As for use of the list, my use of it would be to disseminate health information to my patients. A side purpose would be to generate discussion about healthcare, and hopefully encourage others on the list to reply to and comment on the postings of some other members. I would NOT be including individual member addresses on the list for public distribution, just what people had written. If one user wanted to contact another it would be solely at the discretion of the "another" user With this clarification, would it seem more 'compliant'? I read about MD's conducting group classes to instruct several patients at one time. I don't read anywhere about each patient being blindfolded, or being instructed to never utter their own names outloud in such sessions. ? -- -- -- On Apr 22, 2004, at 2:34 PM, Dr. Jones wrote: Anyone on the list involved with HIPAA, in healthcare records? I am a chiropractor and am wondering about using a mailing list among patients, not wanting to create any problems or HIPAA violations. Any pitfalls to watch out for? Dr. Jones -- Dr. Scott S. Jones Hands-On Chiropractic IRC: irc.freenode.net #utah Yahoo: sanchiro12 -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ -- Dr. Scott S. Jones Hands-On Chiropractic IRC: irc.freenode.net #utah Yahoo: sanchiro12 -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
Re: [Mailman-Users] HIPAA compliant?
Dr. Jones wrote: > Anyone on the list involved with HIPAA, in healthcare records? > > I am a chiropractor and am wondering about using a mailing list among > patients, not wanting to create any problems or HIPAA violations. I don't know the legal ramifications, but here's my two cents. If it's just an announcement list, for you to send out health info, absolutely no problem. Don't make the member list public, make it just for list admins and you're fine, there's no disclosure of the other patients at all. If you've got email addresses for your patients now, you could send out a one time message, announcing the list and its purpose and stating that if they want to join, to go to the website or to send an email to, etc. After that, just make sure that when patients fill in their email address on one of your forms or wherever, that it says that you're going to add them to your mailing list. If it's going to be discussion tho, make sure that your patients know, make it very clear in the initial one time message. Posting to a discussion list will reveal the patient's email address and possibly their identity, home address, phone number, etc. depending on how much info is publicly tied to their email address. So just be sure they know it's a discussion list and that in posting, they may be revealing their identity. Also, I suggest making the list confirm + approve, so that you can verify that people wanting to join are current patients - or if you're going to make it open to the public, make sure your patients know that. You might also consider having two lists, one for announcements only and one for discussion and announcements and on whatever your patients fill in their email address, add a couple checkboxes for the announcement list and the discussion/announcement list. hth, texas critter -- EL-M FAQ: http://www.emaillist-managers.com/ -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
