Audit Summary

HEALTHeLINK takes the issue of patient confidentiality very seriously.  In addition to actively training practice staff in the HEALTHeLINK policies, HEALTHeLINK continually audits user activity to assure compliance with the policies governing access to patient data. These audits include, but are not limited to the following:

• Access of family members medical records
• Access to the medical records of prominent political, business, and sports figures
• Access made to a patients record by an Emergency Department physician using the “Break the Glass” function.
• Various audits of the patient consent process to confirm the validity of consent forms and that the patient’s wishes have been accurately reflected in the system.

The following are the audit results for the most recent month:

Total Patients – 1,511,990

February 2023

Cumulative patient consent statistics:
Patients who have selected a consent status of “Yes” – 1,468,701
Patients who have selected a consent status of “No, except in an emergency” – 25,657
Patients who have selected a consent status of “No, including in an emergency” – 17,632

Consent audit results for the month:
Total patient consents processed – 18,511
Percentage invalid – 4%

System access audit results for the month:
Identified potential non-compliant uses of the exchange – 11
Break the glass audits – 177