I believe the patient can REQUEST any information in the DRS be changed, regardless of date. (You may be thinking of the accounting of disclosure, which does have a pre 4/15/03 exception.)
However, you are NOT OBLIGATED to accept an amendment. If you cannot corroborate it, I would deny it and then invoke her other rights, namely that she can have her amendment request and documentation sent any time that Nurses Note is sent. Either way, her views are part of her DRS. If it is a really messy situation, discuss with your risk manager. Judith Judith Bentz-Miller Privacy Officer Arnett Clinic 765-448-8843 -----Original Message----- From: Lisa Cavitt/SIH [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 10:04 AM To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List Cc: Marcia Matthias/SIH Subject: Re:Amendment to DRS I have a question on the right to amend the patients designated record set. If a patient makes a request post 4/15/03 to have an amendment made to information from 2002, Are we obligated to make that amendment? In this case, the request is not to correct incorrect information, but to add information to Nurses Notes. Per the patient's request, they had given some information to the nurse which was not documented. I would think that if this was a question of incorrect information (note said left leg was broken, but x-rays and other information showed the right leg broke) there would not be a question about making the change. There is no way to corroborate what the patient is requesting. Thanks! Lisa R. Cavitt Southern Illinois Healthcare 618-457-5200 x 67223 --- 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: [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
