[MCOH-EH] Employee mental health record

[Thrasher, Terri]

Let me clarify my last statement. I give the physician my concerns and I as a physician if this person is safe to return to work with regards to themselves other employees and our patients and if the physician signs off then that's all I can do. My stance is that I don't have rights to their personal health information I only have right to know that this person can be safe at work



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From: "Higazi, Patricia" <Patricia.Higazi at chkd.org>
Date: 02/19/2016 2:14 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: MCOH/EH <mcoh-eh at mylist.net>
Subject: Re: [MCOH-EH] Employee mental health record

General hippa release

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On Feb 19, 2016, at 13:56, Mora, Jennifer <JMora at stohosp.com<mailto:JMora at stohosp.com>> wrote:

Hi,

I recently had a situation in which I was asked to get authorization from an employee to speak to her primary MD in regards to her mental health.  She had reported to her manager that she was having trouble with anxiety and had recently had some medication changes that resulted in her inability to function fully at work.  She was sent home by the manager because she was not fit for duty.    The manager requested that I follow up with her primary MD to get more information on when she would be fit to return to work.   Do you use a special authorization form to get authorization from the employee?  Or do you use a general release of information for the employee to give authorization to speak to their MD?

Thank you for your time,

Jen
Jennifer Mora MSN, RN
Business Health and Wellness Coordinator
Stoughton Hospital
900 Ridge Street
Stoughton, WI 53589

Office 608-873-2204
Cell      608-235-4239



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