A few weeks ago, another psychiatrist sent me a copy of the informed consent form he uses with his patients, just so I could compare his form with mine. His wording was different, of course, but he did have some really good ideas that I hadn’t thought to include in my own, so I thought [...]
Also tagged consent form, IDI’m not exactly sure when the State of Maryland is going to enact regulations for telepsychiatry, but I’ve finally put together a basic informed consent form for telepsychiatry for my practice. I tried to write it in fairly plain English, unlike my HIPAA form , which is so complicated that I don’t really understand half [...]
Also tagged emergencies, face-to-face, HIPAA, recording, skypeMany years ago, I was attending an administrative meeting for clinical matters. As was the norm for these meetings, the leader of the meeting was going through new requirements for yet more senseless documentation. The intent was good, but everyone in the room (including the leader) knew that the need for increased record keeping wasn’t [...]
Also tagged consent form, digital records, documentation, medical records, privacy, recording, skypeJust after I published my last post, I got a Google alert on another blog post “HIPAA & Hijacked SKYPE Passwords: Another Security Violation that Brings Viability of Online Counseling via SKYPE into Yet More Questioning” at Telehealth.net in which the author talks about Skype password hijacking. Password hijacking means that someone else basically breaks [...]
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