Title: RE: Internet Pagers & Privacy
If all that is sent is the patient's name and address, that should be fine. If there is additional information that would allow someone to infer some about the patient's health status, something like:
To: HIV On Call Nurse.
Call patient John Doe at 555-.
That would be considered PHI. However, I am pretty sure the paging company would be considered a "pass-through" similar in nature to the phone company one leases network lines from.
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From: Paul Weber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 1:51 PM
To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List
Subject: Internet Pagers & Privacy
I'm looking for some input on a scenario that was recently presented. To wit...
What are the ramifications relative to HIPAA Privacy where communications containing PHI to alphanumeric pagers held by remote nursing staff are initiated via internet e-mail?
For example, a patient coordinator sends an e-mail containing PHI (say patient name & address) to a nurse's pager or cell phone screen through a third party such as AT&T, Skypage, Arch Wireless, etc.
Thoughts?
Thank you in advance,
Paul Weber
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