AHIMA May 20, 2020
Healthcare workers across the country are receiving well deserved praise for their dedication to COVID-19 patients, even as they become patients themselves. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, these workers account for an estimated 11 percent of all COVID-19 infections in the US. To contain the spread of this virus, hospitals have had to act quickly to protect their own workforce, which requires deploying extensive testing and contact tracing—both of which have challenged health information management (HIM) professionals and other personnel charged with managing occupational health records (OHRs).
Patient or Employee?
The need to test so many healthcare workers for COVID-19 has put HIM and privacy professionals in a delicate position. Because so many healthcare workers have...
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