Breaching The Security Of An Internet Patient Portal Case Synopsis Kaiser Permanente is a large health care delivery system that serves over eight million individuals across nine states, and the District of Columbia. In 1990 Kaiser Permanente developed a internet patient portal, KP Online. KP Online enabled members to make appointments, request prescription refills, seek clinical advice, obtain health care information, and interact with patients in forums. In August 2000, Kaiser Permanente Online
differencing administration styles, controller, competitor, creator and the clan leader, this framework limits itself by conflicting each value as independently working against one another instead of encompassing a wraparound approach as used in Public Health, seen in (appendix A) where more fluid dynamics interplay in both the internal and external aspects of the agency providing for more client-centered, population-focused, community-based services through well-matched system approaches. Of note, not
access to health information and enables members to schedule appointments, request prescription refills, seek clinical advice, obtain health care information, and interact in forums. In August 2000, Kaiser Permanente Online experienced a serious security breach, due to a flawed script written in the pharmacy refill application. The security breach concatenated several hundred individual e-mails containing personal patient data. As a result of the breach, 19 members received Private Health Information
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), the National Patient Safety Initiative, the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH), and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) have all developed regulatory and accreditation standards. For example, the JCAHO recommends that the surgical team pause and articulate the surgical site before commencing, to reduce medical error. Standards and accreditations include issues
scenario, there are several problems at each level. At the organizational level, there has not been an ethical leader in place to unify the airline company and its employees. At the group/team level, there is not enough employee moral to produce and maintain premier customer service to the airline guests. At the individual level, the job has become a burden that is unsatisfying and unrewarding. The most important problem is at the organizational level. B. The problem is defined from the perspective
Organizational culture can play a very important role in any corporation’s success. As we learn more about how to make a company more successful through effective management of Human Resource, we are learning of the value of people, as a whole, and how they contribute to the success or failure of an organization. That’s even more so true with in healthcare organizations. Nurses play a pivotal role in the health care profession and make up the majority of healthcare workers in a hospital setting
Create a Supporting Culture To create a culture that supports the program’s mission, this student looks to rely on the transformational leadership theory. The transformational leadership theory is the positive impact a leader has on those they supervise and methods used to achieve optimistic outcomes (YuKi, 1999). The transformational leader builds a rapport with those they supervise by building trust, respect and the ability to motivate others, thus leading to Organizational Citizenship Behavior
organization consists of 200 beds along with a 24 hour emergency room service. The focus of healthcare would be on adults. The physicians hired are of the top most quality and have years of experience in serving this occupation. Organizational Chart: The organizational chart for the Health care organization proposed will consist of several layers as decentralization principles will be applied to run the process smoothly and efficiently. The top most layers will consist of the Board of Directors. There will
systems. This paper will provide readers the program’s mission statement and rationale as to how the program’s culture will be created to support the mission. Then the paper will present the organization structure that will be required for the program. Then readers will be provided the plan for the utilization of community resources. Program’s Mission Statement Mission Statement
Introduction This paper will discuss the security breach of an internet patient portal, the reaction of the administrative leadership of the system breached, root causes of the breach, potential for future security breaches, and what steps the administrative leadership needs to take to improve online security from future security breaches Background Information Kaiser Permante is a large integrated health care system that serves 8 million members in multiple states. Kaiser Permante introduced an Internet