Case managers and hospitals are increasingly struggling with challenges related to patients with opioid-related substance use disorders. But new legislation working its way through the government may help.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced last week that they have updated the Security Risk Assessment tool with improved functionality to assess risks to protected health information.
How can an ICU case manager coordinate the final care of an emergency room patient who never regains consciousness and the only thing known about him is his name?
