Data, Info Registration Errors Negligence Registration Errors Negligence Intentional Registration Error – – – Accuracy & resulting in wrong patient being resulting in wrong patient being Wrong patient being admitted / Integrity admitted/registered and a admitted/registered and a registered resulting in a privacy privacy breach (low/no harm to privacy breach (significant harm breach and/or other legal issue. Registration pt.). to pt.). wrong pt. – Registration Errors Wrong pt. Registration Errors Wrong pt. Intentional Registration Error – – – Registration information documented information documented Wrong/false pt. information – wrong resulting in a privacy breach resulting in a privacy breach documented resulting in a privacy information (low/no harm to pt.) (PCP, (significant harm to pt.) (PCP, breach and/or other legal issue contact, ins., etc.) contact, ins., etc.) Misdirected Fax with PHI Misdirected Fax with PHI Willful neglect in misdirected resulting in PHI disclosure (no resulting in PHI disclosure Fax with PHI (significant harm to Misdirected fax harm to patient and/or no (second offense and low or no patient and/or reporting reporting required) harm to patient and/or no required of breach notification) reporting required) Misdirected mailing with PHI to Misdirected mailing with PHI to Willful or intentional mailing of PHI another patient, person or another patient, person or to a wrong patient, person, or Misdirected mail entity in error (low or no harm entity in error (significant harm entity, resulting in significant harm to pt.) to patient and breach to the correct patient and breach notification). notification. Altering PHI - Altering PHI or medical falsification record/falsification of records. Restriction Failure to respect approved Failure to respect approved patient Requests patient requested restrictions requested restrictions with Failure to respect with low or no harm to the significant harm to patient and/or approved pt. patient. breach notification. request NOTE: These guidelines support the System Privacy and Information Security Sanctions Policy.
Data, Info Accuracy & Integrity Registration – wrong pt. Registration Errors – Negligence resulting in wrong patient being admitted/registered and a privacy breach (low/no harm to pt.). Registration Errors – Negligence resulting in wrong patient being admitted/registered and a privacy breach (significant harm to pt.). Intentional Registration Error – Wrong patient being admitted / registered resulting in a privacy breach and/or other legal issue. Registration – wrong information Registration Errors – Wrong pt. information documented resulting in a privacy breach (low/no harm to pt.) (PCP, contact, ins., etc.) Registration Errors – Wrong pt. information documented resulting in a privacy breach (significant harm to pt.) (PCP, contact, ins., etc.) Intentional Registration Error – Wrong/false pt. information documented resulting in a privacy breach and/or other legal issue Misdirected fax Misdirected Fax with PHI resulting in PHI disclosure (no harm to patient and/or no reporting required) Misdirected Fax with PHI resulting in PHI disclosure (second offense and low or no harm to patient and/or no reporting required) Willful neglect in misdirected Fax with PHI (significant harm to patient and/or reporting required of breach notification) Misdirected mail Misdirected mailing with PHI to another patient, person or entity in error (low or no harm to pt.) Misdirected mailing with PHI to another patient, person or entity in error (significant harm to patient and breach notification). Willful or intentional mailing of PHI to a wrong patient, person, or entity, resulting in significant harm to the correct patient and breach notification. Altering PHI - falsification Altering PHI or medical record/falsification of records. Restriction Requests Failure to respect approved pt. request Failure to respect approved patient requested restrictions with low or no harm to the patient. Failure to respect approved patient requested restrictions with significant harm to patient and/or breach notification. NOTE: These guidelines support the System Privacy and Information Security Sanctions Policy.
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