At Cincinnati Childrens Hospital we do not (per legal counsel) consider employment records(tb test, immunizations) to be part of hipaa protected documents.  

Injury documents are protected.

 

Thank you for your email.

 

Kindest regards,

 

Terri

 

Terri L. Thrasher RN MSN

Sr. Director HR Professional Services

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

3333 Burnet Ave MLC 9006

Cincinnati, Ohio 45229

513-636-6240 office

513-236-1202 cell

513-736-4305 pager

 

From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces@mylist.net] On Behalf Of Deborah Sampson
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 3:23 PM
To: drjoe@meditrax.com; MCOH/EH
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] HIPAA and health care workers

 

Same here.

 

Deborah A. Sampson, PhD, APRN,
FNP-BC, COHN-S, FAANP, NCRME
Concord Hospital
Occupational Health
60 Commercial Street
Concord NH 03301
Tel 603-230-1220
Fax 603-230-1225
 


>>> <OWilliams@mcleodhealth.org> 8/8/2014 3:09 PM >>>

All our Employee Health info is protected by HIPAA with an exception for Workers Comp.

Octavia 

Sent from my iPhone


On Aug 8, 2014, at 2:55 PM, "Dr Joe Fanucchi" <drjoe@meditrax.com> wrote:

Colleagues,

In my role as president of an employee health software company, I am rooutinely asked to sign Business Associate Agreements (HIPAA confidentiality agreements) with the hospitals using our software -- since in the course of converting their legacy databases and providing ongoing support, we routinely view medical information pertaining to employees, volunteers, contractors, students and licensed independent professionals.

Today I was intrigued that an individual with the title General Counsel for Health Sciences informed me that their medical center does not consider the personal medical information contained in their employee health database to be protected by HIPAA. I'd be interested in knowing how prevalent this position is. Has anyone else been given that information by their hospital's legal department? If you're not comfortable revealing the name of the institution, please feel free to reply to me individually rather than to the entire list.

Respectfully,

Joe Fanucchi

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Joe Fanucchi MD FACOEM
President and Medical Director
MediTrax / OHS, Inc.
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