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I'm mildly concerned with how many people that aren't directly involved with my medical care could read those reports. It's not like they have to break open an
by jedimastert 8y ago
I'm mildly concerned with how many people that aren't directly involved with my medical care could read those reports. It's not like they have to break open an envelope or a filing cabinet or something either. Just another piece of paper to be casually picked up and scanned for filing.
- reaperducer 8y agoI'm not the OP, but I do work pushing buttons in healthcare. In our company incoming faxes are OCR'ed and routed to the proper person by e-mail. I can't say how well it works because nobody's faxed me (nor should anyone), but since every employee gets HIPAA training, I don't think there's much cause for worry about misdirected faxes.
- conanbatt 8y agoWhat did you use for OCR? Can you identify patients or do you only use it to identify document types?
- TheOtherHobbes 8y agoI know someone whose medical records - including full details of the removal of her brain tumour - were faxed to a hairdresser because the operator swapped a couple of digits in the number.
- jedimastert 8y agoThat thought gives me so much anxiety.