[MCOH-EH] HIPAA and health care workers

[Thrasher, Terri]

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 at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Deborah Sampson
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 3:23 PM
To: drjoe at 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 at mcleodhealth.org<mailto:OWilliams at 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 at meditrax.com<mailto:drjoe at 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
--
Joe Fanucchi MD FACOEM
President and Medical Director
MediTrax / OHS, Inc.<http://www.meditrax.com/>
o:925-820-7758
c:925-368-3367

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