Privacy: the morning after

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Privacy the morning after What do we do now

• Ronald B. Margolis, CIO, ICPO
• University of NM Hospitals
• June 5, 2003

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the morning after
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the morning after Patient Safety Quality vs.
HIPAA

• UNIVERSITY and ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER
• Pushback from clinical staff
• Residents and students are fine with HIPAA
• Administration thinks it will still go away
• Other half of hybrid is not paying attention

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the morning after Dislosure Tracking

• HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
• EMR accounts for about 20
• Challenge in tracking disclosures
• - Dept of Health
• - Law enforcement agencies
• - Research

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the morning after Other factors influencing

• Hybrid environment
• Time spent in filing, now scanning to EMR
• Internet-educated patient population
• EMR and the MD as stakeholder
• Age of facility

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Challenges bringing Clinicians to the Threshold
of EMR

• Integrating the Physician as Stakeholder
• Reduce Errors in Medication
• Standard Clinical Practice
• Improved Timely Clinical Information

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the Challenge

• Healthcare is heavily regulated and, yet at the
  same time, not very well automated.

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