The HIM department is responsible for responding to requests for copies of records that required De-Identification prior to release. An example might be a request for copies of medical records from a drug company is conducting studies on patients with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. Copies of the patients’ records will be printed and sent to the drug company. Names, addresses, identifying information must be obliterated from the printed copies. Because the copies will not contain identifying patient information a patient authorization is not required.Select policies, procedures and guidelines provided for benchmarking in Module 01 under Benchmarking Resources based on appropriateness to this topic, or you may research policies, guidelines and standards on your own to use as a benchmark. Review your selected policies, procedures and guidelines and select the information after comparing those resources that you will include in your policy and write your policy on de-identification of health records.The completed typed policy should be 1 page. If you use a source for the policy, state the source at the end of the policy under a heading titled references.Benchmarking against other organizations polices and/or available guidelines is an important step in the process of developing or revising polices and guidelines for a healthcare organization. Below is a list of benchmarking resources links to policies and guidelines and standards which relate to the topics you will be preparing policies for during the course project. You may select from the list for sources you would use to benchmark in each module and cite those that you use as a reference at the end of your policy or you may research policies, guidelines and standards on your own to use as a benchmark.Banner Health “Documentation Requirements for the Medical Record-Policy and ProcedurePennsylvania Hospital & Surgery Center Administrative Policy Manual – Medical Record Documentation PracticesKansas County Health Department- Medical Records PolicyJoint Commission – “Do Not Use” ListUTMB Policy ManualUTMB Health Procedure – Prohibited AbbreviationsUTMB Handbook of Operating Procedures-Policy Patient Right and ResponsibilitiesCreighton Health Sciences School Policy_ Patient Rights and ResponsibilitiesTennDent Policy HIPAA Access ControlUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center: Access to Protected Health InformationIllinois Administrative Code Joint Committee on Administrative Rules Part 250 Hospital Licensing RequirementsHCA Policy – Query Documentation for Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) & Coding – Compliance RequirementsUCSD Health Sciences Compliance/Privacy Program “Comparison of HIPAA’s 18 Protected Health Information (PHI) vs. Limited Data Set (LDS)University of California – Legal Medical Record Standards PolicyFederal Register – Security and Electronic Signature StandardsFederal Register- Hospital Conditions of Participation: Requirements for History and Physical Examinations; Authentication of Verbal Order; Securing Medications; and Post anesthesia EvaluationsAHIMA Online Research Journal Perspectives in HIM: “Storage Media Profiles and Health Record Retention Practice Patterns in Acute Care Hospitals”, by Laurie A. Rinehart-ThompsonAHIMA Practice Briefs and Papers Electronic Signature, Attestation, and AuthorshipClinical Documentation Toolkit (AHIMA Body of Knowledge)An additional source to perform you own external review of policies, procedures, guidelines and standards is through:Textbook: Health Information Management Concept, Principles and Practice – Appendix D Web Resource
