Dr. Pimple Popper

When confidential patient information is disclosed without consent it is a violation of the HIPAA Title II Security Rule. This rule was enacted in response to private information being leaked to the news and emails containing privileged information were read by unauthorized people. Identity theft is a real concern so patient privacy should be taken seriously. This is a rule can easily be broken without the

In the health care business, there are certain standards and laws that have been put in place to protect our patients and their personal health information. When a health care facility fails to protect their patient’s confidential information, the US Government may get involved and facilities may be forced to pay huge sums of money in fines, and risk damaging their reputation.

There are several ways on how they can get the medical information that they need. In just few clicks on the electronic medical databases, they can transfer or get your medical information. Storing medical records on the computer can make stealing one's medical record easier especially if it doesn't have any protection or security. Requesting for a password and at the same time a username can minimize any unauthorized transaction. There should be a system or record which will allow us to monitor every person who accessed our confidential records. It is also ideal that should also be a clear line up of the persons who are authorized to see and access the electronic med records. But aside from the 'insiders' who steal medical records, you can also be a victim of this kind of identity theft if your health

There are many different roles in a workplace and though it does not list other employees at the doctor’s office, human resources and managers are usually responsible for the proper training of HIPAA. Many offices will have how to prevent HIPAA mistakes, and how to report them when mistake are made. It is also the job of

Patient registration is the starting point for all services rendered during the patient’s stay in the hospital. If the patient registration is not verified and correct at the time of service, it is possible some of the services on the charge master that are believed to be billable to the patient’s insurance provider, may not be covered which could result in a denial or delay of claims and reimbursement. A hospital services many people; if a letter of the patient’s name is missing it could mean billing someone else. I personally have had this situation with my mother. In our hometown years ago, there were five ladies with her same first and last name. One of those ladies actually was born the same year as my mother. My mother received a bill for over $23,000 for a surgery she did not have. If the patient’s information was verified correctly at the time of patient registration, the bill would have been charged to the correct account and therefore not sent to my mother. This has since become much better because it is known that every person who comes into your room asks your name and date of birth prior to even giving simple over the counter aspirin to ensure they have the correct person in the system to be

The risk of medical identity theft is a growing concern within the US and with more medical records becoming digitized medical theft will continue increasing unless the medical community will make more of an effort to protect the privateness and security measures of our records. Medical theft is relatively unknown to the general public, but it can be the most dangerous form of larceny of all because it not only, can affect your finances it could affect your health. (Weisman,2014 pg.

Accessing confidential patient records and PHI is unavoidable when scheduling patient appointments. Consequently, schedulers may encounter legal issues throughout the process of scheduling the appointment as the scheduler has full access to the patient’s protected health information. For example, when the referral request is from another physician inside the healthcare provider’s network, including referrals from the hospital, emergency room, or rehab facility, schedulers must navigate the HIT system to access a patient’s electronic medical record to search for the attending physician’s orders. According to Iron Mountain (2015), unauthorized access to patient records without proper authorization is a HIPAA violation of willing negligence.

There was an attempt to address the security risk by enabling electronic care record access through smart cards but on the same time it was agreed that medical staff can share their personal smart cards to access patient records which in itself looks like a breach to patient confidentiality and security.

In response to the question posed by Dr. Kohring, patient identifiable information must be protected especially when using an electronic method to transmit or obtain the information

The records include information such as past medical issues, vitals, medications, immunizations and much more. Here in the United States we have switched over to the electronic way of keeping information. This has shown to be a problem for many of us because of data breaches. Hackers have breached over “the medical privacy of nearly 32 million Americans”( Cambell, R) since 2009. This opens the door for thieves to steal the patient’s information such as their identity, and even commit fraud. This happened here in Corsicana and my social was taken alongside many others who have visited the hospitals clinic within the past six months. This is a major safety and privacy concern every time we step into a doctor’s office for a visit. This is both a major downfall in electronic health records and can become a political issue. Based on how our everyday lives are played out right now it doesn’t look like our technological way of doing things in the medical field is going anywhere soon, this is only the beginning of a very long road in health

If patient Id's are not correct in the files, it may create a big chaos for the hospital. Since every patient Id is unique, no two patients can have same ID. If a same Id is used for different patients, it may disturb the monitoring of patients improvements, medications and even billing. There are chances of giving wrong medications to different patients based on their Id's, which in turn may even cost a person's life. Moreover, there may be cases of payment or non-payment of hospital bills between two different patients having same Id's. An erroneous Id can result in copious problems and may even put hospital at a risk of being sued for its negligence, which may result from providing wrong medication to wrong patient.

If a patient gets a mail or call regarding someone else, they can let the staff know and we need to make sure the health information is shredded and not lying around for people to see.

Others may say the incident that happens in the case represented is not improper or illegal, however it is illegal due to the fact that reviewing private information (medical records) is not an action protected by any law, regulation or statute. By committing this act the nurse is not providing the patient with a safe place and the patient could not feel comfortable. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was designed to protect and keep safe the privacy of sensitive patient information and combat fraud in the healthcare industry, simplify administration of health insurance, and promote the use of medical savings plans for employees.

On the other side there may be chance of data leakage this effect to patient reputation, the stolen data may contain all the personal information including address, medical information. Data breaches is also happen. It may take time to establish to every kind of people.

Patients do not have an unrestricted right of access to their personal health information. Partial access may be possible if a custodian cannot share all of a patient’s