Blogs about: Patient Confidentiality
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Receptionist Training: Young Patients and Confidentiality
HOW CAN WE HELP YOUNG PATIENTS It is important that a young patient feels confident to be able to speak to a Health Care Professional in confidence. Young patients also have the right to confident… more →
Beyond the Reception Desk
"Did You Take Care of Tsarnaev????"
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I am affiliated with the institution where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is currently hospitalized. I am friend … more →
Just Pay Him in Pork Belly
wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday, the New York Times ran this piece about Dr. Jay Parkinson, the founder of Sherpaa. Sherp … more →
Confidential HIV Tests? In Michigan, Not Necessarily
wrote 2 months ago: HIV is a very serious disease, and is something that everyone should know their status on. It is eas … more →
Duchess Kate's nurse falls for prank call from radio station pretending to be Queen Elizabeth II | Synopsis
wrote 2 months ago: Duchess Kate’s nurse falls for prank call from radio station pretending to be Queen Elizabeth … more →
Social Media Policy
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wrote 3 months ago: The issue for this week social media policy. With the advent of social media pervading in ever secto … more →
Red, orange and green lemons
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wrote 4 months ago: The Witch Doctor had to cast one of her favourite spells – the one that makes her being and he … more →
Thoughts on data, dementia and lemons
wrote 4 months ago: Every now and then, The Witch Doctor feels the need to roll out her crazy “lemon post” f … more →
Patient Confidentiality - When Someone Claims To Be The Patient
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wrote 5 months ago: We have all been shocked by the sad news of the nurse Jacintha Saldanha in London who sadly took her … more →
Media hoaxes
wrote 5 months ago: The Witch Doctor was once the object of a media hoax. It was quite funny really, especially since sh … more →
Sharing the wealth: The treasure hidden in patient information
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wrote 6 months ago: With the launch of a public consultation on the proposals for reforms to the NHS Constitution, we ou … more →
'Octomom' Nadya Suleman checks herself into rehab citing anxiety, exhaustion ...
wrote 6 months ago: Suleman checked herself into Chapman House Treatment Center on Oct. Social Anxiety Treatment 23 and … more →
Patients worried about medical records going digital
wrote 9 months ago: Many Americans — 85% in a new survey — report having fears about the privacy of their records as mor … more →
Hackers Encrypt Health Records And Hold Data For Ransom
wrote 9 months ago: By Jordan Robertson – Aug 10, 2012 12:00 PM CT As more patient records go digital, a recent ha … more →
Our Lips are Sealed: Part 2
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wrote 9 months ago: I heard a story recently. Here it is, more or less: My friend (let’s call her Bianca) has bee … more →
NAQC Issues 9 'Guiding Principles' for Healthcare Providers to Engage Patients in Care
wrote 10 months ago: On July 12, 2012, The Nursing Alliance for Quality Care (NAQC) issued a list of guiding principles t … more →
Privacy in doctors' waiting rooms: Rogers CEO Nadir Mohamed gets Googled by one patient, verbally accosted by a 2nd, then becomes subject of articles
wrote 12 months ago: As president and CEO of Rogers Communications, Nadir Mohamed is a high-profile Canadian, likely even … more →
Patients Letters for Collection
wrote 1 year ago: As a Receptionist/Supervisor how would you deal with the scenario below: A patient consulted her GP … more →
How do you give out repeat prescriptions at your Surgery?
wrote 1 year ago: Do you keep your repeat prescriptions in a secure box? Are they kept near to the reception desk for … more →
Managing patient confidentiality and its challenges
wrote 1 year ago: We had the opportunity to talk to Brooke Whiteside, Health Information Manager for Southern Health b … more →
