Hello All! Recently I asked a question about members of an Organized Health Care Agreement and the issue of naming their Privacy Officer or Contact Person in a "joint" Notice of Privacy Practices? Further reading has indicated that each entity would have to have their own Privacy Officer, conduct their own training etc. (unless mutually agreed upon etc.) If anyone disagrees, please let me know.
Does anyone have any thoughts about the following scenerio? Several hospitals in this area are partial owners of a centralized "lab". The Infection Control departments of all of these hospitals are requesting from the lab, a regular listing of patients who test positive for VRE and MRSA (whether those patients are currently in their hospital or not). Is it allowable for the lab to provide these lists to their "owner" hospitals as part of treatment or some other law, or would the minimum necessary apply limiting that release to only the hospitals who have the patient at this time? Thank you for any advice. kf Kathy Findley Coordinator - Information Services and HIPAA St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center Phone - (315) 448-6111 Beeper - (315) 467-4180 Text Page - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- 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
