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- Title
"We document everything": Interpretations of HIPAA and their impact on ASO staff charting practices in the context of HIV criminalization in the state of Georgia.
- Authors
KILTY, JENNIFER M.; MOTT, PATRICK H.
- Abstract
The growing professionalization of AIDS Service Organizations and the criminalization of HIV nondisclosure have reshaped staff charting practices. Building on a recent national research project in Canada, we conducted semi-structured interviews in February-April 2017 with N=12 staff in Atlanta, Georgia to investigate charting practices in the context of HIV criminalization. Our data showed no variation between professionalized and peer staff in terms of charting practices, although the American participants reported being less protective about the content of their notes and less concerned about the risk their notes may pose to criminal prosecution of alleged HIV nondisclosure than was previously reported by their Canadian counterparts. We identified a false sense of security among American staff stemming from their belief that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) would protect against disclosure of charting notes. We suggest training and educational opportunities are needed to sensitize staff to the implications of record-keeping on the prosecution of HIV nondisclosure.
- Subjects
GEORGIA; HIV infections; DISCLOSURE; RESEARCH methodology; HEALTH Insurance Portability &; Accountability Act; INTERVIEWING; DOCUMENTATION; STATISTICAL sampling; THEMATIC analysis; AIDS
- Publication
Aporia, 2022, Vol 14, Issue 1, p8
- ISSN
1918-1345
- Publication type
Article