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How would you be able to correct your error if you forget to tell a patient not to eat before blood work while still protecting patient confidentiality under HIPAA?
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∙ 14y ago
If you are referring to going back and altering a written record - that's a no-no. If you are simply referring to a verbal instruction - and you 'forgot' to tell them - just call them up and say something like . . ."Oh, by the way, I just wanted to double-check that I told you that you were not supposed to eat anything within 12 hours of the test?" Unless there's more to the question than what is stated, I don't see how this would possibly conflict with HIPAA.
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