{"id":2687,"date":"2018-02-18T16:13:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T22:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/?page_id=2687"},"modified":"2019-09-05T11:08:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T16:08:06","slug":"safeguarding-patient-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/business-of-medicine\/hipaa\/safeguarding-patient-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Safeguarding patient data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">Note that these examples are not exclusive. To ensure your practice is HIPAA-compliant, always limit your incidental uses and disclosures of PHI.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ms-rteElement-H4\">Bedside and chart information<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">If you maintain patient charts at bedside or outside exam rooms, display patient names on the outside of their charts or display patient care signs (e.g. &#8220;high fall risk&#8221; or &#8220;diabetic diet&#8221;) at the patient&#8217;s bedside or by the doors of the hospital room, you can safeguard your practice by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">Placing patient charts in their holders with identifying information facing the wall<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">Limiting access to these areas\u00a0or escorting non-employees in the area<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">Supervising areas where charts are accessible<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"ms-rteElement-H4\">Verbal communication<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">If you announce patient names and other information over your public address (PA) system, you can safeguard your practice by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">Limiting the information disclosed over the PA system<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">Referring your patients to a reception desk where they can receive further instructions in a more confidential manner<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"ms-rteElement-H4\">Visual information<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">If you use X-ray light boards or log patient information on white boards at a nursing station, you can safeguard your practice by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-rteElement-P\">Relocating light boards and white boards to areas not generally accessible to the public.\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note that these examples are not exclusive. 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