Achieve Excellence in Electronic Patient Engagement!

This curriculum will instruct health center learners on the changing role of the consumer/patient within healthcare in which the point of diagnoses and care is being increasingly shifted from the classical care provider setting to a more patient-centered model of health services. This shift in perspective and responsibilities is largely being stimulated by a critical mass in personal health information technology innovation and development, including patient portals, health apps, web-enabled medical devices, personal fitness trackers and remote health monitors.

These materials will provide health center staff with skills for navigating Electronic Patient Engagement strategies that include being better informed on: 1) patient activation and patient engagement; 2) incorporation of patient engagement tools and strategies into the organizational workflow; 3) evaluation of patient needs, satisfaction, and activation; and 4) current tools and services available for electronic patient engagement.

Take some time to read through some of the articles on this page and then fill out the submission form on the right and you will be rewarded with an Excellence in Electronic Patient Engagement HITEQ Center badge! This is an official badge that is submitted by the HITEQ Center as a proof of completion to the blockchain. Your credentials can be added to profiles such as LinkedIn and verified through accreditation services such as Accredible and Open Badge.

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Minor and Parental Access to Patient Portals

HITEQ Center / Tuesday, November 29, 2016

/ Categories: Electronic Patient Engagement, Patient Portals, HIPAA

Minor and Parental Access to Patient Portals

National and State-based examples and use cases

This guide provides examples and overviews of patient portal considerations for minors as it relates to Meaningful Use, HIPAA. state consent laws and associated policies. The articles and presentations included for download and linked to from related websites currently include examples from the following national and state guidelines:

National-level Minors' Consent Laws by State
California
Minnesota
New York

As appropriate material is identified, further states will be included. If you are aware of relevant documentation within your state, even if already included, please send to HITEQinfo@jsi.com.

Please Note: This article and the material within is meant to provide general information and awareness of considerations for minors as it relates to patient portals and should not be considered legal counsel for structuring policies around minor's data.

Resource Links

Managing the Privacy and Security of Patient PortalsA presentation from the Sutter Health Mayo Clinic perspective of Rochester, Minnesota
Patient Portals: Considerations for MinorsAn overview with a California state example by the Center for Democracy and Technology
An Overview of Minors' Consent Law from the Guttmacher InstituteThe legal ability of minors to consent to a range of sensitive health care services—including sexual and reproductive health care, mental health services and alcohol and drug abuse treatment—has expanded dramatically over the past 30 years. This trend reflects the recognition that, while parental involvement in minors’ health care decisions is desirable, many minors will not avail themselves of important services if they are forced to involve their parents. With regard to sexual and reproductive
A link to the Electronic Access to Adolescents' Health Records: Legal, Policy, and Practice Implications article from the American Academy of Family PhysiciansIn the age of the electronic health record (EHR), how can we balance adolescent confidentiality with the need to involve parents in adolescents' care? This was the question faced by the clinical and management staff of the Institute for Family Health, a network of federally qualified health centers in New York, when it sought to provide adolescent patients access to their health information through an online portal.
A link to the AHIMA article on Parental Proxy Access via Web Portals: Ensuring Compliance and Quality DocumentationAllowing parental proxy access to a child’s records is not quite as easy as it may sound. An organization is not just releasing information to the patient, it is releasing information about a patient to another individual. Organizations must address a number of issues before allowing parents to access their children’s medical records via Web portals.
A link to the Patient Engagement HIT article titled Balancing Patient Portal Privacy and Access for Pediatric CareAt what point do providers begin asking pediatric patients to take responsibility and ownership of their health by controlling their own portal? How do privacy rules affect child portal access and treatment access? And how do providers still encourage patients to build a strong support system by involving their parents in their care?

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Acknowledgements

This resource collection was cultivated and developed by the HITEQ team with valuable suggestions and contributions from HITEQ Project collaborators.

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