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Protected health information (PHI), also referred to as personal health information, generally refers to demographicinformation, medical histories, test and laboratory results, mental health conditions, insurance information, and other data that a healthcare professional collects to identify an individual and determine appropriate care.

Exchange of health information is an essential function to the provision of high-quality and cost-effective healthcare. The information should be complete and timely for its intended purpose. While this sounds straightforward, often it is not an easy task in the complex medical and legal environment in which the healthcare community operates. Release of information (ROI) in healthcare is critical to the quality of the continuity of care provided to the patient. It also plays an important role in billing, reporting, research, and other functions.

Many laws and regulations govern how, when, what, and to whom protected health information is released. The HIPAA privacy rule contains specific requirements for the management of health information to ensure confidentiality of the individual; the rule attempts to balance the need for prompt and informed delivery of healthcare services with that of protecting the individual.

Confusion occurs when state laws are mixed into the process. There is no standard, uniform state privacy law in use by all 50 states and the territories. State laws also vary in focus (e.g., HIV or genetic information) as well as degree of strictness or protectiveness of patient privacy. Some states require that additional patient authorization be obtained prior to release, some states do not. This variation in law requires that healthcare organizations develop, implement, and maintain thorough policies, processes, and procedures around ROI.

It is the overall management of those HIM processes that is fundamental to confidentiality, security, and compliance in releasing protected health information. It is crucial that the organization’s policies and procedures include the management practices that support the actual process of disclosure and its oversight. This practice brief discusses key management principles within HIM for the release of information in areas of quality control, productivity management, turnaround times, and backlog management.

Quality Control Practices

Quality control practices should be comprehensive enough to cover the release of information for any purpose. General practices should include the prioritization of any request upon receipt. An effective process incorporates continuity of care releases within the general policy. Whether the release is for continuity of care or a noncare-related purpose, quality control practices should address:

• Tracking and monitoring the request from receipt through final disposition
• Processing the request in terms of priority as well as efficiency
• Completion of the request

These functions should be defined in departmental or organizational policies and should include compliance with all state and federal regulations that may apply to disclosure of health information.