[MCOH-EH] Employee Health Record and HIPPAA
Cindy Hansen
Chansen at mhg.com
Fri Aug 8 12:02:51 PDT 2014
AT our hospital we do consider our Employee Health records as protected information . This in part because we have health assessment information , medical information, clearances, etc... etc.. We make the employee sign a release before we print any collated items from our history or copy anything from the chart that we are able to release.
Cindy Hansen, RN, MSN, CCM, CEAS
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
Employee Health Manager
Ph: 228-867-4174
Fax: 228-867-4080
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1. Re: Needle sticks in the operating room (Senior, Cathy (DRMC))
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3. Re: Maillist activity (Fair, Susan)
4. HIPAA and health care workers (Dr Joe Fanucchi)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 14:03:28 -0400
From: "Senior, Cathy (DRMC)" <CESenior at phhealthcare.org>
To: 'MCOH/EH' <mcoh-eh at mylist.net>
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] Needle sticks in the operating room
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Thank you?.
Cathy Senior RN BSN CDE
Employee Health Director
Penn Highlands DuBois
100 Hospital Avenue
P.O. Box 447
DuBois Pa 15801
Phone 814-375-3392
Fax 814-372-2610
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From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Viereck, Maryann
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 1:44 PM
To: 'MCOH/EH'
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] Needle sticks in the operating room
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Maryann Viereck RN,BS,CEN,COHN-S
Employee Health Coordinator
Cape Regional Medical Center
2 Stone Harbor Blvd
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
phone 609-463-2512
fax 609-463-2910
From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Senior, Cathy (DRMC)
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 12:48 PM
To: 'MCOH/EH'
Subject: [MCOH-EH] Needle sticks in the operating room
Most of the needle sticks at our facility occurs in the operating room. I am looking for teaching material to do education. Problem is most of the needle sticks is due to carelessness when more than one set of hands is in the surgical space. The only solution that I can find is to annouce when reaching into the surgical field such as (the tech should announce that he/she is reaching for suction) therefore making the surgeon aware that another pair of hands is entering the surgical space. Does anyone have any ideas of how to reduce needle sticks in the operating room?
Cathy Senior RN BSN CDE
Employee Health Director
Penn Highlands DuBois
100 Hospital Avenue
P.O. Box 447
DuBois Pa 15801
Phone 814-375-3392
Fax 814-372-2610
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 13:03:53 -0500
From: <Elizabeth.Moline at capellahealth.com>
To: <drjoe at meditrax.com>, <mcoh-eh at mylist.net>
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] Maillist activity
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It is a very valuable exchange. Thank you
Beth
Beth Colbert Moline, MSN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Occupational Medicine National Certified Medical Examiner WIllamette Valley Medical Center
(503) 435 6586 FAX (503) 435-6555
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From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces+elizabeth.moline=capellahealth.com at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Dr Joe Fanucchi
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 8:10 AM
To: mcoh-eh at mylist.net
Subject: [MCOH-EH] Maillist activity
Good morning colleagues,
Over 100 messages in these past two weeks marks a new record for this group. The impending retirement of an esteemed list member certainly boosted the numbers, but I find it encouraging that the exchange of information here is proving valuable to our 1100+ list members. It's an ongoing boost for my sometimes-flagging enthusiasm when I'm weeding through the tons of spam messages late at night ... :-)
Joe Fanucchi
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 18:08:11 +0000
From: "Fair, Susan" <susan.fair at ynhh.org>
To: "mcoh-eh at mylist.net" <mcoh-eh at mylist.net>, "drjoe at meditrax.com"
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Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] Maillist activity
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I agree, this list is an invaluable resource. Thanks for the late night spam cleaning :) Susan Fair, MPAS, PA-C YNHH Occupational Health Plus New Haven, CT
From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Elizabeth.Moline at capellahealth.com
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 2:04 PM
To: drjoe at meditrax.com; mcoh-eh at mylist.net
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] Maillist activity
It is a very valuable exchange. Thank you
Beth
Beth Colbert Moline, MSN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Occupational Medicine National Certified Medical Examiner WIllamette Valley Medical Center
(503) 435 6586 FAX (503) 435-6555
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From: MCOH-EH [mailto:mcoh-eh-bounces+elizabeth.moline=capellahealth.com at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Dr Joe Fanucchi
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 8:10 AM
To: mcoh-eh at mylist.net<mailto:mcoh-eh at mylist.net>
Subject: [MCOH-EH] Maillist activity
Good morning colleagues,
Over 100 messages in these past two weeks marks a new record for this group. The impending retirement of an esteemed list member certainly boosted the numbers, but I find it encouraging that the exchange of information here is proving valuable to our 1100+ list members. It's an ongoing boost for my sometimes-flagging enthusiasm when I'm weeding through the tons of spam messages late at night ... :-)
Joe Fanucchi
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President and Medical Director
MediTrax / OHS, Inc.<http://www.meditrax.com/>
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 11:54:33 -0700
From: Dr Joe Fanucchi <drjoe at meditrax.com>
To: MCOH/EH <mcoh-eh at mylist.net>
Subject: [MCOH-EH] HIPAA and health care workers
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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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