Although I understand your point, I'd like to think our ethics and sense of obligation to our patients is on a little higher plane than where the banks and credit card companies apparantly are.
Darrell Rishel, J.D. Director of Information Services Arapahoe House, Inc. This message is not legal advice or a binding signature. > -----Original Message----- > From: William J. Kammerer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 4:25 PM > To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List > Subject: Re: NPP and illiterate population > > > Why agonize over it? Do you really believe anyone is going to > read these > things? I'm literate - with full command of the English language - yet > I've never read one of those stupid GLB privacy notices from banks and > credit card companies, and probably would not have the > patience to keep > track of all the subparts and insofar as'es. And what's with > that tiny > type they always use? > > William J. Kammerer > Novannet, LLC. > Columbus, US-OH 43221-3859 > +1 (614) 487-0320 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jennifer Peters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, 24 January, 2003 05:49 PM > Subject: RE: NPP and illiterate population > > > How is everyone handling a situation where a patient is literate, but > unable to comprehend the NPP? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bentz-Miller, Judith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 11:10 AM > To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List > Subject: RE: NPP and illiterate population > > > We will be RECORDING it as a voice mail message (our system > handles over 12 minutes!) and having an extension, with access on both > the local line and 800 line. We are also having a privacy (800 > number) hotline set up and both numbers will be listed on business > cards. Business cards will be located at each receptionist desk. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Traci Winter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:38 AM > To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List > Subject: NPP and illiterate population > > > I know our NPP is supposed to be easy to read and > understand, but one of our committee members brought up an interesting > thought. What do we do with our illiterate population and our patients > who are legally blind. In the area we service this a definite issue. > Should we put the NPP on an audio cassette so the patients whom are > unable to read it can listen to it? > > Opinions appreciated. > > Traci Winter > Hospitals Home Health Care, Inc. > > > --- > 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/. These listservs should > not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion > of specific vendor products and services. They also are not > intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or > unprofessional communication at any time. > > You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe from this list, go to the > Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or > send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is > not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please > use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org > --- 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/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org
