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Healthcare Confidentiality Principles |
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Manual: Leadership Manual (Ver 6)
MCN’s customizable template, Healthcare Confidentiality Principles, is taken from our Leadership Manual. MCN Healthcare’s proven policy and procedure templates, competencies and compliance tools have assisted more than 20,000 health care organizations worldwide meet their regulatory compliance goals. Health care organizations around the world utilize MCN’s compliant ready templates and workflow process tools to help them meet the latest changes in regulations and standards. Here is some sample content from Healthcare Confidentiality Principles:
| | HEALTHCARE CONFIDENTIALITY PRINCIPLES
HOSPITAL
The management and staff of Hospital are committed to preserving the rights of all individuals. In our efforts to protect the privacy of our patients, we have adopted health information confidentiality principles endorsed by the American Health Information Management Association and reflected in our organizational policies and procedures.
Patient's Right to Know:
We believe that the patient has the right to know by whom and for what purpose their healthcare information is maintained.
Restrictions on Release of Health Information:
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| | ...representative, other than is provided by law. All information reported for statistical purposes shall be de-identified.
Use of Healthcare Information:
Healthcare information on our patients shall be used only for the purpose for which it was intended.
Patient Access:
Each patient has the right to inspect their medical record and to amend and/or correct it and to obtain a copy. Individual state laws may differ here
Safeguards:
Administrative, technical and physical safeguards are... |
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