Privacy vs HHA employees.

Abstract

Employers throughout the country are concerned about the apparent epidemic of employee alcohol or substance abuse. The risks to an organization inherent when employees are under the influence of alcohol or drugs are significant. However, those risks, including accidents, carelessness, absenteeism and lack of reliability, are even more critical to health care employers. With the ever increasing focus on medical malpractice issues, no health care employer can afford the risk of an employee being involved in alcohol or drug use or possession during the course of the working day.