Title: RE: Here is a good Privacy Issue that will cause problems
I would argue that releasing information that a patient has been restricted to one pharmacy is not a disclosure under HIPAA. A disclosure must contain a person's identifying information and information on their health status. I
It's not just narcotics. Some pharmacies are doing something similar with drug
interactions. If I decide not to go to my PCP for a particular problem I'm having, and
the new doctor prescribes a medication that interacts adversely with medication my PCP
prescribed, the pharmacy is notifying
How are
organizations classifying Board of Directors or Trustee members? Workforce -- or since they are not
under the direction of the covered entity, but have a need from
time to time, to receive PHI, or might they better be classified as business
associates and need a business associate
Title: RE: Documents
I would also be interested if such things are available. Please contact me off line at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks!
Phyllis Line
HIPAA Privacy Officer
HEREIU Welfare Pension Funds
630-236-5114
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-Original Message-
From: Joe Smith
Leslie,
A
Corporation's charter and bylaws would control how the Board may
function. Consequently, the Board could be construed as part of the
workforce.
Further,
in the Preamble to the (initial) Final Privacy rules, HHS notes that,
independent contractors may or may not be
Tim,
I must respectfully disagree with your
fundamental analysis of this scenario. Pharmacists (chemists) have, for
more than 2000 years, been part of a triad (including physicians and nurses)
engaged in an on-going clinical (NOT business) practice of ensuring that the
correct
Hate
to say it, but I disagree: Under HIPAA a pharmacist's job is to establish and
comply with certain policies for privacy, security and electronic claims
processing. It is a pharmacist's *professional* obligation to avoid (or
mitigate) harm to individuals, and HIPAA is not intended to
