tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2017 Issue 7

Patient Privacy: 3 HIPAA Tips Every ED Must Know

Patient privacy still applies no matter how busy your ED is. Patients move in and out of your emergency department quickly, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have time to adhere to the ED’s privacy policy. Consider the following three patient privacy tips that will help your emergency department stay within HIPAA compliance. Tip 1: HIPAA Policies Apply to the ED Just Like Anywhere Else In emergency situations, your priority is to ensure that a patient is safe and healthy. Meanwhile, however, you must take measures to protect each patient’s private health information, even if...

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