Roy,
You're too damned funny. You've got me going round and round with all your new abilities with URL pointing and tinyurls. Did I mention, your tiny url was VERY tiny. And, your Happy Feet rendition, although I have never seen it, had me rotfl (as the teens like to say).
What a powerthread. All the boys: Roy, Brian, Paul, Wendell and well, me, I guess. Wendell did I get it right -- there is a Wayne on here, too. I have a favor for Wendell. (again I apologize if it's wrong). But, can you set up an autosign for Wendell? Unless you don't want anyone knowing your first name. I just prefer referring to your first name.
Already working on a workaround, Roy. One nice thing about our setup is the MAs work from one solo triage station. It has always been my dream (I have no life, right) to do it that way. Then, they get to set up everything the way they want. I invested in state of the art digital kg/lb scales with a carseat baby scale. The standup scale identifies the weight in less than two seconds, something we could never do with the older fashioned slide models. Anyway, I digress only to show that the MAs enter all of the patient data in their computers, which are locked. When I go into a room, which has a default of 5 minutes on the screensaver lock out, I am the only one to blame if I don't lock out (not log off obviously) the computer after a visit or while go get something.
OK, talk about learning the hard way. And, this really tangled and untangled the entire HIPAA rule.
15 yo female brought into my office after ED visit night before. 15 yo had gone to ED with her boyfriend's mother, because she didn't want her mother to know. (alreay looking grim). ED treats 15 yo without permission of parents. Boyfriend's mom calls 15 yo girls' mom to let her know she took her to ED for "private stuff." Mom brings her in to me because she is worried. I have no idea what is going on. 15 yo won't tell me, mom knows nothing but is upset and worried. I open PowerChart to pull up her ED visit. I decide to find the best way to handle the situation as stupidly as possible. So, the best way would be to go to the front printer after printing out the note AND leave the computer on with the note on the PC maybe 5 feet from mom. I read the note on the way back and read an HPI that I then realized was something that mom should not have read. So, now I don't even know if she has read it not. Mom doesn't let on. So, I examine the child the talk to her on her own. I send them on their way. I then call the mother that night and she had yes, indeed, read the computer. So, now I am totally embarrassed and am hoping someone on here can tell me the number of ways I screwed that one up. Hell, I don't even know how I would have handled it had the mother NOT read it. But, in the end, everyone having the info worked out for the best.
I have an F7 lockout on all computers, which instantly locks them. I can look at a password but would that be helpful. Doing a CTL-ALT-Delete takes too long. I have posted this before, so I would be glad to share how to do it if you like. The nice thing about the F7 lockout is that it shows ALL patients that you are protective of their data.
