[IxDA Discuss] Application design in health care domain

[Scott Green]

HIPAA Privacy regulations do allow for the sharing of PHI (Protected
Health Information) between providers who participate in the "chain of
care" for a patient. For example, if a general dentist refers a patient
to an oral surgeon for a wisdom tooth removal consultation, the general
dentist can safely share all information relevant to the patient for the
medical need at hand. In my example above, this could include things
such as allergies, prescribed medications, previous medical conditions,
reason for referral, name, address, city, etc., as long as the referring
provider has a BAA (another HIPAAism for Business Associate Agreement.)
This is a standard document that simply states that two or more provides
in the chain of care are sharing relevant patient data.

 

- Scott

Scott Green
Product Analyst
PracticeWorks, Inc.
 

Tel:        (770) 226-3254
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