Question

2.5 Information access Subdomain II.C.1 Apply policies and procedures surrounding issues of access and disclosure of protected health information Analyze the following scenarios to determine who can appropriately access health information 1. Mrs. John Smith is requesting the emergency room records from last week of her daughter, Katy. Mrs. Smith is the noncustodial parent of Katy, who lives with her dad Should you lease the records to her? Why or why not? 2. Pre h istou the birth record for Amy, his birth daughter hel y up for adoption four years ago. Should you release en questing the lab results of her husband. Tim. She has a note giving his permission for her to have the records. Should you release the most her? Why or why not? e stigator from the Health and Human Services department is conducting an uit of patient records and has provided a list of records that they want to review Should you release the information to the investigator? Why or why not? 5. Dr. Rex Harrison is requesting the medical records of Martha Flynn. He states he is a family friend and has been asked by Mrs. Flynn's son to review her last inpatient admission for appropriateness of care. Should you release the records to Dr. Harrison? Why or why not? References Brodnik, M.S. LA Rinehart. Thompson, and R. B. Reynolds 2012. Fundamentals of Law for Health Informatics and information Monument, 2nd ed. revised reprint Chicago: AHIMA

Answer 1

1. A non-custodial parent is a parent that does not have majority custody of their child. However, non-custodial parents may still have certain rights, such as: The right to visitation with the child (this will depend on the visitation or custody order) Access to the child's medical and school records. So, we should the release the records for John Smith.

2. Yes , we should release the records for Fred Michael since he is her father he has the right to her medical records .

3. No, we should not release the lab reports as the note might not be written by her husband . Once ,it's verified the note is written by her husband Tim then only we should release the reports.

4. Yes offcourse he should be provided with the list of records he want to review as he is conducting audit from the side of Health and Human Servicea Department