Health Information Compliance Alert

SAMPLE FORM:

USE THIS TOOL TO KEEP TRACK OF PATIENTS' CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS REQUESTS

Published on Sat Oct 02, 2004

Are you prepared to handle patients' requests for confidential communications? Use the following form, developed by Becky Buegel, privacy officer and director of health information management for Casa Grande Regional Medical Center, to help you develop a process for accepting patients' requests that works for your organization.

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