post- renee

Thank you for your initial discussion post. ;It stimulated my thinking, so thank you for that. ;Specifically on release of information waivers from patients and I remembered reading in the class cafe that you are from Miami and work in a psychiatric facility. ;While working in transplant I would, with consent of the patient, have access to their electronic medical record at other hospitals. ;However, one of the records we were not permitted to enter was the psychiatric evaluation due to the sensitivity of the information contained in those records. ;What are your thoughts on mental health researchers using the confidential records of mental health patients to further evidenced based practices? ;I have provided a link for you if you would like to refer to an article. ;

Renee Scialli

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ps.201400200