tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2019 Issue Q4

Patient Data: Medical Center Staff Under Fire for Exposing Patient Data

Even if your technology isn’t compatible between departments, you must still follow the HIPAA laws. Technology tools are immeasurably helpful to medical staff members, but sometimes they can also create problems when it comes to patient privacy. That’s the lesson that staff members at a Veterans Affairs hospital in California recently learned, according to a July 31, 2019 report by the VA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). Incompatible Systems Drove the Issues The problems that the OIG found stemmed from the fact that the facility’s high-resolution esophageal manometry (HRM) device was unable to interface with...

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