III.A-Behavioral Health Application: In When was your policy related to A copy of your approved policy behavioral health settings, decisions about the sharing clinical information with extent of the clinical information shared and the patients approved or put into place? mechanism used for sharing this information How long has it been an active are made on an individualized basis. A range of practice? options are available for sharing such Please describe the different ways information, including the medical record and (mechanisms and processes) that a the treatment plan, to ensure that patients of patient’s clinical information may be varying competency levels have access to shared with him or her as well as the information that will help them to understand factors that may influence how such their symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. information is shared. How is staff educated about the policy and practice related to sharing patients’ clinical information with them? How do you monitor staff communication to patients of this choice, and patient participation levels? Describe the mechanisms in for patients to document their comments and for caregivers to access those comments. How is the opportunity to document their comments communicated to patients?
III.A-Behavioral Health Application: In behavioral health settings, decisions about the extent of the clinical information shared and the mechanism used for sharing this information are made on an individualized basis. A range of options are available for sharing such information, including the medical record and the treatment plan, to ensure that patients of varying competency levels have access to information that will help them to understand their symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. When was your policy related to sharing clinical information with patients approved or put into place? How long has it been an active practice? Please describe the different ways (mechanisms and processes) that a patient’s clinical information may be shared with him or her as well as the factors that may influence how such information is shared. How is staff educated about the policy and practice related to sharing patients’ clinical information with them? How do you monitor staff communication to patients of this choice, and patient participation levels? Describe the mechanisms in for patients to document their comments and for caregivers to access those comments. How is the opportunity to document their comments communicated to patients? A copy of your approved policy
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