Q&A: Accidental sharing of PHI with other healthcare providers
HIM Connection, May 18, 2010
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Q: We inadvertently sent a clinical note to the wrong healthcare provider. Must we conduct a risk analysis of this disclosure even if is not a reportable breach? We documented the inadvertent disclosure in the patient’s electronic health record, but must we do more?
A: Your documentation should include a brief risk analysis, such as: “Minimal risk of harm to patient because information was disclosed to another staff physician, who also must comply with privacy regulations.”
Editor’s note: Mary D. Brandt, MBA, RHIA, CHE, CHPS, associate executive director of HIM at Scott & White Healthcare in Temple, TX, answered this question in the May 2010 issue of Briefings on HIPAA.
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