1.   A VA police officer found a manila folder of patient information on top of a trash cart in a hallway.

2.   All provide translated patient information materials, offer multicultural patient-appreciation days and open houses, and provide interpreter services.

3.   Cirone says the computerization of process notes is part of an effort to improve the quality of care by making it easier for physicians to obtain patient information.

4.   Corrigan also said medical providers need to computerize patient information since computers can catch human errors, especially in medications.

5.   In his elite ward, Hofstader presides over a bank of blinking, beeping patient information machines.

6.   Many states have laws forbidding psychiatrists and other mental-health professionals from disclosing patient information except where authorized by the patient.

7.   Officials at HCHP say these changes will make it more difficult for physicians and staff members to gain unnecessary access to sensitive patient information.

8.   Patient information is required throughout the organization in order to compete.

9.   People who handle the data would have to account for disclosures of patient information to anyone outside of their own organization for purposes other than treatment or payment.

10.   So he dictates patient information instead of typing.