Re: Gen: HIPAA and confidentiality in minors
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Wed Mar 25 08:50:12 2009
So how does it work in Germany, EL? Just curious ...
Art
At Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
>
>Adolescent Health Care. Hmm, aonother failure.
>
>el
>
>Meenan, Anna wrote:
>> Nonpregnant teens have the right to make decisions regarding
>> contraception in most, if not all states, as far as I know. To be on
>> the safe side, you should probably have the kid sign something if they
>> want Mom to be able to refill their pills. My kids all have signed
>> statements in their charts giving the doc permission to communicate with
>> me about their general medical care.
>>
>> Anna Meenan, MD
>>
>>> In our state, a pregnant woman has the right to make decisions, give
>>> consent, etc., regardless of age.
>>>
>>> For NOT pregnant people, what do you guys suggest?
>>>
>>>> From time to time, a mother of a teen patient might call in for a
>>> prescription refill for her daughter? Is that OK?
>>>
>>> Does it matter if we have the daughter sign a form allowing specific
>>> people to be involved in her care?
>>>
>>> We recently had a run-in with a dissatisfied mother who ultimately left
>>> the practice over something like this (I don't know the details).
>>>
>>> We want to maintain the vital confidentiality that teens need, and we
>>> don't want to violate HIPAA. And, perhaps thirdly, we would like to use
>>> common sense, i.e. refill the birth control pills for a teen!
>>>
>>> Suggestions/thoughts?
>>>
>>> Garry
>>>
>>> --
>>> Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
>>> Private Practice
>>> Roswell, GA
>>
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