I have a question on how other healthcare providers are handling the Minimum Necessary issues when it comes to third party providers, like radiologist, pathologists, anesthesiologist, ... These doctors are involved in patient care, and need information such as demographics, insurance, ... in order to bill for their services, yet they may never see the patient.
Most HIS systems do not handle patient security for this type of specalist very well in that there is not a direct doctor - patient relationship. Therefore, you can not give the doctor access to "his" patients, since the doc is not listed as a doctor for the patient. The question, how are other healthcare providers allowing access to the required information, without allowing access to the entire patient database? Or can those specalists have access to the complete database, even if they have only been involved in the treatment of some? Thank you, Lisa Cavitt Information Technology Services IT Compliance/QA Coordinator Southern Illinois Healthcare Carbondale, IL 62901 ********************************************************************** To be removed from this list, go to: http://snip.wedi.org/unsubscribe.cfm?list=privacy and enter your email address.
