Close, Move, Merge Your Practice |Episode #090

Closing or moving a healthcare provider practice takes co-ordination, patience, communication, and documentation. Once you have made the big decision about closing, moving, or merging your practice and have a general idea about the next step for you, your practice, your employees, and your patient and business records you need to plan the continued administrative, technical, and physical safeguards of the patient health records. Patients and clients have a unique trust with their healthcare provider. They trust that you will provide them continuing healthcare and continued access to their own health information that you have recorded. You are also expected to securely keep their personal health information and follow your professional college standards and health information privacy laws.   In this episode Jean L. Eaton will help you with Provide clarity about records management in your group or shared practice. Guide you to develop health records management plan when you close, move, or expand your chiropractic practice. Contribute to the health information privacy compliance. Get the show notes and links to the templates at https://PracticeManagementNuggets.Live  Show Notes 01:49  Introduction to Jean L. Eaton Are you on Instagram? Me too! Tag me @Infomanltd 03:05  Close, Move, Merge Your Practice 04:32  Continuing Care and Treatment 05:44  Custodian Defined Under HIA 08:34  Patient Records 09:22  Steps When You Close Your Practice 10:05  Notice To Patients Template Forms – see the Practice Management Success Tip! https://InformationManagers.ca/closing-your-healthcare-practice   Template Procedures -  see the Practice Management Success Tip! https://InformationManagers.ca/closing-your-healthcare-practice   12:16  Records Requests, Fee Schedule 14:49  Patient Access To Their Own Health Record 16:33  Moving vs Closing Timelines 18:37  Notify Others 19:19  How To Manage Conflicts 22:08  Information Management Agreement / Information Sharing Agreement Download the Practice Management Success Tip – Top 3 Agreements Your Healthcare Practice MUST Have (and Why). 22:45  Inventory Patient Records 25:14  Retention, Archive, Destruction 27:45  Electronic Transfer, Data Migration, Quality Assurance, Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) 31:19  Practice Management Success Tip Download https://InformationManagers.ca/closing-your-healthcare-practice 32:39  Discussion 33:12  Searchie 33:38  Follow Me on Social Media Do you have a question about practice management or privacy compliance? Would you like to be a guest on Practice Management Nuggets? Send me an email at https://practicemanagementnuggets.live/contact-us/