and privacy policies. In other instances a law merely necessitates precautions that are suitable for the size and type of organizations (Gross, 1964). In these cases, enforcement agencies and auditors must accede to admit best practices for control all of which entail written policies. Illustrations of these are the Accepted Information Security Principles (GAISP), Control for Information Technology (COBIT) and ISO/IEC 17799. At the heart of the regulation is the intent of guarding the privacy, integrity
Words: 2408 - Pages: 10
I learned a lot from the HIPAA tutorial. I learned that the final security rule is required for a covered entity to meet four basic requirements. The four requirements are: to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all e-PHI’s created, received. Maintained or transmitted; protect against any reasonably anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of e-PHI; protect against any reasonably anticipated uses or disclosures of e-PHI that are otherwise not permitted or
Words: 288 - Pages: 2
issues. The legal issues are not as easy to see or find the correct answers. Legal issues can be separated into two categories, legislation and litigation. Legislation concerns governmental bodies passing laws. Litigation is laws that are formed by the rule of the law. There are legal issues related to informed consent, assessment, testing, diagnosis, and confidentiality. These issues will be discussed and the influence of legislation on the field of psychology will be evaluated. Competency will also
Words: 1719 - Pages: 7
With the purchase of the national group, I will have to make sure that I understand the new policies and determine the best way to communicate it to the entire staff. In addition, I will have to make sure that they are in compliance with the HIPAA rules and regulations which states that all physicians and covered entity know that patient health information is covered. A meeting would have to be set up with the all employees of the facility to explain to them how the new policies and procedures
Words: 1079 - Pages: 5
org/security-resources/policies/ http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/10776/regulations-that-specify-password-length ********************************************************** http://www.onlinetech.com/resources/references/what-is-hipaa-compliance Technical safeguards require access control to allow only the authorized to access electronic protected health data. Access control includes using unique user IDs, an emergency access procedure, automatic log off and encryption and decryption
Words: 329 - Pages: 2
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was approved by the United States Congress to regulate the use of and protect patient health records and the Department of Health & Human Services oversees the compliance and violations of HIPAA (Department of Health & Human Services, n.d.). The intentions of many of these regulatory agencies is to oversee that the health care industry is providing quality, affordable health care and treating patients with fairness and privacy. In 2008, the Centers for
Words: 1686 - Pages: 7
ADMINISTRATIVE ETHICS PAPER With all the crackdowns and enforcement of HIPAA there are not all that many violations in the news worth telling of. The article I found most interesting however was in HealthData Management. It told the story of how a pharmacy in Denver was recently fined for ignoring the standards HIPAA outlines with regard the proper way to dispose of PHI. 1 Historically speaking improper disposal of PHI, be it inadvertence, inconvenient or just plain negligence is the leading cause
Words: 1045 - Pages: 5
1996, also known as HIPAA, was passed by Congress after being sponsored by Edward Kennedy and Nancy Kassebaum. The law protects what types of information are to be released and to whom they may be released to. It includes any information that may be used in some manner to identify a person, such as a ZIP code, date of birth, or Social Security Number. This applies to all forms of individuals’ protected health information, whether electronic, written or oral. HIPAA privacy laws require that appropriate
Words: 303 - Pages: 2
Administrative Ethics Paper Dwyn Francis HCS/335 July 28, 2014 Melissa Green Administrative Ethics Paper In the administrative health care setting there is a continuous presence of ethical issues embedded in everyday activities. The health care administrator has responsibilities to self, to the organization, to the clientele served by the organization, and to the employees who provide services at the organization. With the growth of information systems one ethical concern that continually
Words: 1484 - Pages: 6
of 1996 was enacted to establish federal standards to protect the privacy of individuals and their identifiable health information. Prior to its implementation, unless forbidden by the state or local law, personal health information could be distributed regardless of reason or need without a patient’s knowledge or consent. The Privacy Rule, issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Resources, is a large part of HIPAA and focuses on the limitation of disclosure and use of patient health
Words: 310 - Pages: 2
