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1...So fresh this morning...the UCP MOH declares (Bulletin Gen 127) that AH will be no longer offering "Registration Research" to ensure patient's health numbers are correct. From Aug 1st onwards only patients are allowed to jump through bureaucratic hoops to correct their...2
2...to correct their PHNs. So, after receiving care, and then phoned by the clinic to suggest they get their PHN fixed (because it didn't go through), now that patient will be expected to sit on hold on a phone for 20+ minutes, then struggle through the confusing process to...3
3...to correct a number they really don't care about the accuracy of. So, basically the govt has mandated the concept of clinics having to accept "bad cheques" and are disallowed to validate them, or even assist in fixing them...4
4...Interestingly, the bulletin does note that your billing staff can access netcare to correct the number. Except a) netcare commonly has the wrong numbers, b) it is highly unusual for a medical billing company to have access to netcare. But more interesting yet...5
5...what happens if a particularly large medical billing company is operated by a doctor? Suddenly, that billing company does have access to netcare, and the explicit govt position (as in the bulletin) is for that company to use that netcare access to validate PHNs...6
6...So, @Shandro, was it factored into your decision to financially obstruct healthcare services that this also creates a loophole where entities are able to access netcare information without the implied duty of direct patient care? Because who knows who is using...7
7...netcare now just to valid PHNs, addresses etc.
I know you put your own self-interest above that the people of Alberta....so after reading this, maybe you should abolish that bulletin (and the implications of its contents) out of simple self-preservation...8
I know you put your own self-interest above that the people of Alberta....so after reading this, maybe you should abolish that bulletin (and the implications of its contents) out of simple self-preservation...8
8...Because at this point, who knows why anyone with netcare access is looking up any persons chart. No longer can it be implied that it was for gaining information essential to patient care...Maybe now its just for validating PHNs and addresses.
