Does your SmartPhrase contain PHI?

Recent HIPAA violation sparks important reminders

If you’ve repeatedly typed the same block of text while charting, you may have created a SmartPhrase (also known as Dot-Phrase) to save time by letting you insert specific text by typing a short abbreviation.

Help us prevent a breach in patient privacy by following these steps when creating or using a SmartPhrase:

• Do not copy and paste protected health information from another patient’s chart when creating the SmartPhrase.
• Complete a quality check to ensure that PHI is not inadvertently copied from another patient’s chart.
• If you find PHI in the SmartPhrase, notify the Solution Center. Incude the name of the SmartPhrase.

Questions? 

Contact the Corporate Integrity Department: Ellen Hampton 503-814-2828 or Sue Xiong, 503-814-2826.