Hi,
On his 12/23/16 admission to metropolitan hospital, david robinson was assigned the medical record number 07-23-38. the previous record number assigned to mr. robinson during a 9/1/15 admission was 07-10-47. in a serial numbering/filing system, how would these records be filed?
Each admission is filed under its own number
That is true. Defenders can intercept a pass
HIPAA refers to the <span>Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. (You can give some background information about the act).
Now, to the main question. T</span><span>he steps a medical assistant can take to ensure HIPPA compliance in handling patient information are outlined as follows
1. Protected Health Information (PHI) should be kept secure and private (either on pass-worded computers or paper files and charts always safely locked up when not in use).
2. Keep strictly to the office policy, and ensure full implementation of laod down procedures. Refresher trainings may also be helpful.
3. Patients should be informed of their rights when their information is being taken and the medical assistant should support those rights.
4. D</span><span>on’t volunteer patient's information to outside companies/entities or allow them access to it, except with the patient's consent.
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