Texting Among Academic Psychiatrists: What Does HIPAA Allow?
J Psychiatr Pract
; 25(3): 215-218, 2019 May.
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ABSTRACT
The texting of protected health information (PHI) has raised concerns about breach of privacy as it relates to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Within psychiatry, limited guidelines exist on HIPAA-permissible texting. Given the legal implications of a breach, we sought to better understand texting patterns among psychiatrists by surveying members of the Association for Academic Psychiatry, 53 of whom responded. Only 63% of respondents felt confident in their knowledge of HIPAA. While 64% reported that texting PHI is prohibited, most (53%) still used texting to communicate PHI. Currently, HIPAA is technology neutral and texting PHI is not explicitly prohibited, provided safeguards are taken and physicians securely communicate PHI.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Psiquiatria
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Confidencialidade
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Fidelidade a Diretrizes
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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Envio de Mensagens de Texto
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Psychiatr Pract
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article