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some of these responses that it is unprofessional. How is it any different than if you worked in-house? Are you telling me that in-house transcriptionists should be brought in from towns 50 miles or more away to avoid this situation? What about local doctor's offices? Should someone not be able to work there because you might be related to someone who comes in? As far as professionalism and HIPAA goes, you should treat the report with the same ethics you would treat any other report. As the other poster said, in a small town with only 1 hospital, it's bound to happen.
If you feel uncomfortable, however, transcribing those reports then you should speak to your supervisor about it. If your family members aren't in the hospital more than once or twice a year (that's the most I think my family ends up in the hospital), then you may want to consider asking your supervisor if you can be excused from transcribing those reports, but only on the basis that you feel uncomfortable doing so. I can't think that your supervisor would want to remove someone from an account that they're obviously good on to avoid having you type 1 or 2 reports a year. I'm sure she can route those to someone else if the situation arises. |
I personally don't understand - mtroadie
