Deliverable 6 - Electronic Medical Record Brochure

Three Mountains Regional Hospital

· Medical and surgical facility.

· Offer outpatient and inpatient surgeries.

· Committed to providing high-quality health services.

Electronic Medical Record

Defined as medical records kept on a computer.

Records are kept by doctors, health care providers, hospital or medical office staff.

Contents of EMR

The records contain general patient information, such as:

· Health condition

· Diagnostic tests

· Prescriptions and

· Treatment

· Personal details like name, contacts, and date of birth

EMRs are safe and confidential.

Records can be shared securely through a network.

HIPPA/

Confidentiality

It is a U.S legislation that safeguards medical information.

The law provides privacy and security to health data.

It requires health care information to be handled with confidentiality.

Level of Confidentiality

High-levels of confidentiality assured when transferring, receiving, sharing, or handling protected health information.

Release of Information

To maintain patient confidentiality and comply with set laws, health information will only be released upon written authorization by the patient.

The process of requesting your health records at Three Mountains Regional hospital is as follows:

· Obtain, fill and submit Authorization for Release of Health Information Form

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· Form must be completed and signed.

· Specify information to be released.

· Health practitioner to review request and clinical appropriateness for release.

· After approval, information is released.

NB:

The following Protected health information cannot be shared without patient permission:

· Test and laboratory results

· Demographic information

· Mental health condition

· Medical histories and

· Insurance information

Privacy Pledge

At Three Mountains Regional Hospital, we pledge to keep all your information private and confidentiality in compliance with the law and through our

You did a nice job with the brochure layout, as it looks very good and you made a nice use of graphics and language. Nice work on the EMR. You need to discuss the joint committee requirement and add a citation to show that you used the material. In the HIPPA section, good job defining how HIPPA provides privacy and security protection. You need to expand and tell the patient how HIPPA is used by the facility to ensure their privacy. Your release of information good and explains the process as nice use of steps a patient needs to do besides just contacting the facility to get a form . You need to draft a more developed privacy pledge that adds a goal to comply with all federal and state laws regarding privacy to your pledge.

specific privacy policies.