A national effort to solve patient misidentification errors is suspended, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives announced on November 15.
Q: It is my understanding that we can make PHI disclosures using our EHR for payment/treatment/healthcare operations without a consent and that we do not need to track these requests for an accounting of disclosures. Has this changed?
Too often, organizations fall for common HIPAA myths and erroneously incorporate them into otherwise sound, good-faith compliance efforts. That can lead to wasted time and resources, duplicative work, or even outright noncompliance.
