Medical

When you use the Blackbaud's Education Management products to track medical information for students, you make it easier for students, parents, and faculty to communicate vital information.

Note: For instructions on setting up medical forms, see Medical Information for School FormsFor instructions on managing student medical information as a nurse, see Nurse's Office.

Please review the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) which include details about how your school should handle medical information/patient privacy and educational records. Most schools are only required to comply with HIPAA if the school charges for medical treatment. If you don't charge for treatment, but you still have medical data about students, you may not be required to comply with HIPAA.

Only authorized users (such as users with the school nurse role) can view a student’s specific medical information. Blackbaud's solution ensures that if another user attempts to impersonate an authorized user, sensitive medical information will not appear the impersonator’s screen. However, it is still up to the nurse to keep his/her password secret and to respect the restrictions that parents specify regarding who can know about the student's medical information or who can administer medical treatment.

Because medical information must remain HIPAA or FERPA compliant, only authorized users can view a student’s specific medical information. If another user attempts to impersonate an authorized user, sensitive information will not appear on the impersonator’s screen. Our software can't be "certified" as "HIPAA complaint," but it does provide to tools to help the school nurse manage HIPAA compliance.