Reference no: EM132781000

Assignment - Access and Disclosure Policy

You work at Rasmussen Hospital and just completed an in-service training designed to familiarize you with the hospital's Access and Disclosure Policy to ensure you know how to apply the processes for access, release, and disclosure of the patient health record. To assess the effectiveness of the training, the instructor asked each participant to address the following:

1. Review the policy document: Module 04 Access and Disclosure Policy

2. Identify the problems in the following areas of the policy document:

• Policy paragraph

• Procedure sections A, B, and J

3. Make appropriate changes to the policy document and explain why they were necessary.

A. Confidential patient records will be released only upon receipt of consent from the patient, legal guardian, or authorized representative.

• If the patient is a minor, the parent should sign the consent form. There should not be any exception to this rule.

• Any authorization signed by a deceased patient's family member shall be honored.

• If the patient is unable to sign the authorization by reason of physical or mental incapacity, the authorization should be signed by an authorized representative or legally appointed guardian.

B. CONTENT OF RELEASE OF INFORMATION AUTHORIZATION

Authorizations to release information should be completed in entirety. They must include the following information:

• First and last name of the patient.

• Name of person, agency, or organization that will be releasing information.

• Name of person, agency, or organization to which the information is to be released.

• Specific information to be released.

• Purpose of disclosure

• Signature and date of patient, parent/guardian or authorized representative.

• Notice that the authorization is valid for a specified period of time.

J. REQUEST FROM INSURANCE OR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION

Information may not be sent to an organization for treatment, payment or health care operations. Employees must not comply with requests for information from Public Health reporting entities, oversight organizations, or family members.

Information related to above question is enclosed below:

Attachment:- Access-and-Disclosure-Policy-Worksheet.rar