I work with an FQHC that serves the migrant farmworker
population. We have noticed some migrant/farmworker patients have started
showing up requesting information about their health be sent to workers comp or
their place of employment, pharmacies etc., but that they want it sent under a
new name. They report they have changed their name but there is no official documentation
to support that. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to handle this?
Thanks!
Ginny
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I work with an FQHC that serves the migrant farmworker population. We have noticed some migrant/farmworker patients have started showing up requesting...
Ginny Donney
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Feb 11, 2009 6:54 pm
Hi, Probably because they are using an assumed name for work purposes. If you do not have legal proof that they have had a name change, I would not send...
Ginny, Yes, my recommendation is, do not do it under any circumstance. Anyone that informs you that they are using a false name or social security number make...
Rene J. Quintana
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Feb 12, 2009 7:23 pm
My thought is that we should not assume anything. I would ask them to explain the situation and listen to their explanation. Sometimes we providers are too...
Alayne Unterberger
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Feb 12, 2009 7:30 pm
We have workers who will use only the paternal surname and then use only the maternal surname, both are their correct names. Therefore, it creates confusion...
Martha Stiles
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Feb 12, 2009 7:56 pm
I have to agree with Alayne. I was interested to see, when I did field work in central Mexico, that people used different names, not to obfuscate. As people...
Millard, Ann V.
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Feb 13, 2009 2:55 pm
Not with standing all that has been sent previously, the uses, disclosures, and alteration of patient health information is regulated under HIPAA law. Any...
Technically speaking, this is not a change to the medical record. It is a request to send information to other names and/or addresses. One would not have to...
Alayne Unterberger
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Feb 13, 2009 7:22 pm
(Second attempt to post -- apologies for duplicates, if any) Generally, in responding to the original question from Ginny, it seems that a health care...
True Story. My uncle was recently hospitalized for heart issues. His name is Ramon Ruiz-Rosado and resides in NJ. The hospital listed him as Ramon Rosado. I...
John, my full name is Rene Jesus Reyes Quintana-Schaeffer de Baca but I learned to just use Rene Quintana because of the nightmare it brings in credit,...
Rene J. Quintana
rquintana@...
Mar 18, 2009 6:05 pm
By encouraging the use of several names it actually does the migrant a disservice. For example, mistakes can be made in prescriptions, credit can be damaged...
Rene J. Quintana
rquintana@...
Feb 13, 2009 7:22 pm
Hello Everyone, Does anyone know of any studies that examine kidney disease and farmworkers or any programs that are working with farmworkers on this issue?...
Josh, We have a tracked an increase in Renal Cell Carcinoma in Farmworkers. There have been clusters of this type of cancer but no real studies to show why as...
Ed Hendrikson
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Mar 5, 2009 3:17 pm
HI Ginny: when I worked in an FQHC, I would not ask any questions about legal status or such since our business was healthcare. I would give them the...
The Government system is definitely in desperate need for cultural competency training at least for the Latino community which is fastest grown minority group....
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