As the health care industry’s most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare’s Hospice Policy and Procedure Manual includes this customizable template, Confidentiality of Information. MCN’s policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

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Here is some sample content from Confidentiality of Information:

	PURPOSE: To assure that the patient's right to privacy is protected by specifying the protocol regarding confidentiality of the medical record and release of information, as necessary. POLICY: Hospice personnel will maintain, as confidential, all medical records and information related to patients. Hospice does not release information without written authorization from the patient or patient's representative. PROCEDURE: Only personnel involved in the care or supervision of care on specific patients will have access to patients' medical records. Clinical or non-clinical personnel will not...
Second excerpt:
	...to the medical record at the office during regular office hours. All medical records are kept in a locked cabinet/room when not in use. Hospice does not allow unauthorized individual access to these medical records. The only record permitted for removal from the office is the travel chart. The travel chart is under the protection and confidentiality of the professional using the chart and must be protected and secured from the view of others. The following patient information is secured...