Lab 3: HIPAA
HIMSS is a website that tells anyone that looks at it, what is going on. If you look up healthcare reform you are able to see all the updates that have been posted about the reform act. This can be helpful if you don’t know what the healthcare reform is or what is being changed within the act. Also you are able to look up things like health information technology. The links that I checked out about health IT seemed to have a lot of information but not in the easiest to understand if you do not know technology terminology.
In the PowerPoint by Mac McMillan, CEO CynergisTek, Inc, it states that the requirements of logging & auditing are HIPAA/HITECH, FTC Red Flag Rules, 21 CFR Part 11, 42 CFR part 2, SOX, GINA, FISMA, Payment Card Industry/Data Security Standard, and State Laws. These are the regulations or standards that you have to be in compliance with to have proper logging and auditing. Also this PowerPoint discusses privacy vs. security. Under this heading in the presentation there is two lists that show the differences between privacy auditing and security auditing. Under privacy auditing the company is being checked for privacy violations, internal threats, HER/ Clinical applications, and application log managers. These are not the only thing that is checked in a privacy audit but these are some. The security auditing has network/systems security, internal/external threats, IT infrastructure, and network log managers/SIEM. There is other areas that do get audited which can range from email encryption to policy management scanners. Some of the challenges that you may run into when doing an audit are lack of functionality, definition, data elements, integration, correlation, data mapping, access, the volume of systems or data, identity management, and health information exchanges to name the ones from this PowerPoint.
If you visit healthit.gov and research privacy and security section you will receive many links that have information. There is more than 5 pages of information. I checked out the first link on the first page when you search, “privacy and security section”. This link informs you of the trust that is required to realize the potential benefits of EHR (electronic health records). Also on this link, you are told that your practice is responsible for taking steps to protect C.I.A (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) of health information.
HIPAA requires that there be physical security to medical records, such as not being able to walk into a room that houses all medical records for a place of medical practice. Also HIPAA requires there to be security for the electronic storage and transfer of medical information. HIPAA was created to make sure that patient information was being handled with care and was not able to be accessed to any unauthorized personnel.
Health plans, health care clearinghouses, and any health care provided who transmits health information in electronic form is cover by the HIPAA Security Rule. The Security Rule is a national standards to protect individuals’ electronic personal health information that is created, received, used, or maintained by a cover entity. This rule requires appropriate physical, technical, and administrative safeguard to ensure the C.I.A. tirade.
HIPAA Privacy Rule provides privacy rights and protections with respect to their health information. This includes important controls over how exactly health information is used and disclosed by health plans/ health care providers. The privacy rule clarifies when HIPAA permits health care providers to communicate with the family members, friends, or anybody else that is involved in the patient’s care, a parent of a patient who is considered a minor, decide the patient’s capacity to allow or object to the sharing of their information. The privacy rule permits health care providers to communicate to law enforcement about the release of a patient brought in for an emergency psychiatric hold. There are
HIPAA: Exposing a Crime Against Patient Privacy and the Effects they have on the Law Dylan S Kapp Lebanon Valley College History and Significance All patients have the right for their health care information to be private. This concern is very significant in today’s society. There are multiple reports and cases recently presented that show apprehension about healthcare and their duties. With accumulating laws being passed and the famous…
ELECTRONIC MEDICAL SYSTEM Jaclyn Holmes Kaplan University 1 Table of contents 1. Title page 2. Table of contents 3. What is an Electronic medical system? 4. The Pro’s of an EMS 5. The Con’s of an EMS 6. Acrendo Medical Software 7. Acrendo Medical Software Photo’s 8. References 2 What is an Electronic medical system? An electronic medical system is a replacement of paper medical records. An EMR is all computer and network based. It gives hospitals, doctor offices and clinic an easier work space…
Table of Contents 1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………….. 3 2. Name & History of the EHR-EMR ……………………………………………….. 3 3. Uses of the EHR-EMR ……………………………………………………………. 5 4. CCHIT Certificated ………………………………………………………………...6 5. Advantages and Disadvantages……………………………………………………..6 6. Implementation Process……………………………………………………………..6 7. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………..10…
Patient assessment quiz one Function of the medical record 1. Written record of important patient information 2. Basis for health care decisions 3. Serves as a legal document Components of the medical record 1. Medical office administrative documents – 3 parts to it. o Patient Registration Record - Demographic info -Billing info o Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) o Correspondence 2. Medical office clinical documents - 6 parts to it. o Health Hx Report o Physical…
does IT belong? 2. Business unit leaders perspective? 3. Discuss delivering IT to vs. through business. 4. Innovative vs. enterprise IT 5. Cloud computing 6. Definition? 7. 3 types 8. What is the added value of Cloud Computing, i.e. benefits, to firms? 9. What are some of the issues/concerns regarding Cloud Computing? 10. Explain the 3 auditing related standards: SAS 70 (replaced), PCI DSS, HIPAA 11. SSAE 16? 12. You see the reflections of these…
WTT2 Task 1 Page 1 WTT2/ C156 Advanced Information Management and the Application of Technology Kelly Belcher Western Governors University WTT2 Task 1 Page 2 In the proposed scenario, a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) with a Post-Masters Nursing Informatics Certificate has decided that the 100 bed hospital that she works in would benefit from transitioning from paper charting to using an electronic health record (EHR) system. She has done initial clinical research and has a solid foundation…
the integumentary system may choose a preschooler with chicken pox. You will provide basic demographic information as well as a health history for your client (either real or created). If you are utilizing actual patient information, remember that HIPAA laws should be followed. Assessment and diagnostic data should include normal assessments findings and diagnostics done for a client with that disease process. Case Study Name of Students in Group: Name of Body System and Developmental Age:…
touching key pad helps in the integration process of writing progress notes of the clinical findings. Electronic Medical Records has steps in pulling patient charts, “searching for missing or misfiled data, transcribing orders, filling out multiple lab, diagnostic test, and pharmacy requisitions, or writing progress notes hours…