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Abstract #304544

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Activity Number: 318
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 9, 2005 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #304544
Title: Post-HIPAA Medical Charts Review To Assess Perinatal Testing Rates
Author(s): John Loft*+ and Stephanie Sansom and Elizabeth Zell and Paul Levy
Companies: RTI International and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and RTI International
Address: 203 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
Keywords: Institutional Review Boards ; HIPAA ; Establishment Surveys ; Vital Records ; Hospital Chart Abstraction
Abstract:

This evaluation, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and conducted by RTI International, seeks to estimate hospital screening rates for HIV and other perinatal infectious diseases among new mothers and their infants as documented in hospital medical charts. The evaluation is underway in selected geographic areas (counties and states) in eight states and in selected hospitals within these areas. We will discuss the impact of efforts to anticipate concerns about the applicability of HIPAA to this project's protocol. We are sampling births using vital records from calendar year 2003 as the sample frame and abstracting data from the corresponding charts on screening for HIV and other infectious diseases and prevention practices. A letter outlining the status of the project with respect to HIPAA was included in the project materials mailed to health departments and hospitals selected for the assessment. We believe this letter was significant in allaying potential HIPAA concerns. The project has been approved by state health departments in all eight states, and HIPAA concerns have not been raised by any hospital contacted for participation.

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