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Issue 12, December 1, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Deny patients access to PHI and still meet the privacy requirements

  The HIPAA privacy regulations require all healthcare organizations to give patients access to their...

• Ask for written permission before posting baby pictures

  OB/GYN practices often post pictures and names of newborn babies on office walls or put them into a...

• My state law trumps your federal reg

  It may shock healthcare executives who have scrambled to comply with HIPAA privacy rules for the...

Issue 11, November 1, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• E tools: Authorization to disclose health information for research

  E tools: Authorization to disclose health information for research

Issue 10, October 1, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• E tools: Subpoena request for PHI

  E tools: Subpoena request for PHI

Issue 9, September 21, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• E tools: Model Memo: Remind Staff that Ex-Employees Are Visitors

  E tools: Model Memo: Remind Staff that Ex-Employees Are Visitors

• E tools: Model Policy: Say if Patients, Staff, or Visitors May Use Recorders

  E tools: Model Policy: Say if Patients, Staff, or Visitors May Use Recording Devices

• E tools: No cameras allowed

  E tools: No cameras allowed

Issue 8, August 21, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• E tools: HIPAA & students/volunteers

  E tools: HIPAA & students/volunteers

• E tools: Model responses to patient questions about your facility directory

  E tools: Model responses to patient questions about your facility directory

Issue 7, July 21, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• E tools: PHI disclosures to clergy

  E tools: PHI disclosures to clergy

Issue 6, June 21, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• E tools: Disclosure of decedent's PHI

  E tools: Disclosure of decedent's PHI

• E tools: Model Letter: Require Researchers to Submit Requests for Decedent's PHI

  E tools: Model Letter: Require Researchers to Submit HIPAA-Compliant Request for Decedent's PHI

• E tools: Response to questions about patient's right to make a privacy complaint

  E tools: Model responses to questions about patient's right to make a privacy complaint

Issue 5, May 21, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• E tools: HIPAA fact sheet on marketing

  E tools: HIPAA fact sheet on marketing

• E tools: Civil Action No. CBD-01-1429

  E tools: Civil Action No. CBD-01-1429

• E tools: US Court of Appeals: No. 04-1379

  E tools: US Court of Appeals: No. 04-1379

• E tools: Donna Gunn v Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester

  E tools: Donna Gunn v Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester

Issue 4, April 21, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• E tools: Model Memo: Give Department Heads Steps to Follow on Temp ID Use

  E tools: Model Memo: Give Department Heads Steps to Follow on Temp ID Use

• E tools: Model Letter: Put Your Denial of PHI Amendment Request in Writing

  E tools: Model Letter: Put Your Denial of PHI Amendment Request in Writing

• E tools: Responses about disclosures of PHI

  E tools: Model responses to questions about patient right to receive accounting of disclosures of...

• E tools: Model Letter: Model responses to questions about patient right

  E tools: Model Letter: Model responses to questions about patient right

Issue 3, March 21, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• E tools: Request for an accounting of disclosures

  E tools: Request for an accounting of disclosures

Issue 2, February 21, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• E tools: Use Test to Determine if HIPAA Preempts State Law

  E tools: Use Test to Determine if HIPAA Preempts State Law

• E tools: HIPAA preemption resources

  E tools: HIPAA preemption resources

• E tools: Model responses to questions about patient right to access PHI

  E tools: Model responses to questions about patient right to access PHI

• E tools: HIPAA checklist for patient authorizations

  E tools: HIPAA checklist for patient authorizations

Issue 1, January 21, 2004 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• E tools: Patient objection to being listed in patient directory

  E tools: Patient objection to being listed in patient directory

• E tools: Privacy walk-through checklist

  E tools: Privacy walk-through checklist