HIPPA Violation Sarah Joss Rasmussen College Author Note This research paper is being submitted on March 3th, 2013, for Milo Sampson’s M230/HSC2641 Section 04 - Medical Law and Ethics class. HIPPA Violation – Privacy Rule Thesis: Preventing violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule greatly impacts any health care professional, specifically patient information as it relates to a pharmacy and its entire staff. Ever wonder what the acronym HIPAA stands for, how it relates to health care professionals
TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ………………………………………………………ii-iv INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………….. ……v-vi REVIEW ………………………………………………………………………..vii-viii Contents Cyber security What is a virus? Best practices to Why computer security is needed EMR Built in security What is VOIP and how to secure it? References Introduction This study reports on the findings of an investigation at a family clinic owned by DR macgillicuddy to look at the issues surrounding the breach of personal health information
will inform employees about the core values of Company X, along with an understanding of why having a commitment to the ethical conduct is a necessity. Standards and Procedures Standards of ethical behavior apply to every employee of Company X. This will guide Company Xs’ employees to make ethical decisions. 1. Follow HIPPA Privacy Rules HIPAA Privacy Rules are established standards that will protect individuals’ medical records along with other personal health information. The HIPPA Rules require
HIPPA and Information Management Introduction The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was passed to protect patients, it offer the following benefits (a) enables the patient to find out how their health records can be used, (b) limits the release of personnel health records, (c) patients have the opportunity to receive a copy of their health records, and (d) gives the patient the authority to control if their information will be disclosed to a third party. Under
can come from any level, including the leadership. This creates a need to make the leadership understand the reasons for the change and allow them to become a part of the change, allowing them to buy-in. This buy-in from leadership will help the employees to understand the reasons for the change. This will help to reduce resistance, but not completely get rid of it. This challenge will be seen by each of these initiatives; however, each of the initiatives will come with their own challenges. One
I. Introduction The correlation of increased potential patient rights violations and sensitive personal health data among electronic medical records than paper records is growing at an alarming rate. An estimated 52,000 public comments was reviewed by the Department of Health and Human Services requiring privacy regulations governing individually identifiable health information since the passage of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1966 (HIPPA). The individually identifiable
Introduction. Here at O’Kelly Medical Practice it is our goal to maintain an effective compliance plan that is in accordance with the compliance program guidance that is set by the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The purpose of this compliance plan is to avoid and identify any violations of both law and company policy (hcma-consulting.com). Compliance Plan Objectives. The basic objectives to this compliance plan are as follows. The first is to prevent
With the advancement of the internet many areas of personal information are at risk of theft, even up to losing ones’ personal identity. The case study history is as follows: A laptop belonging to Kaiser Permanente was stolen from an employee’s car. This computer contained 38,000 Kaiser Permanente membership names, identification numbers, dates of birth, gender, and physician information (Laptop with patient info stolen, Rocky Mountain News, November 29, 2006). This loss and many other personal
solved by your action as an leader. Even though a leader may not have caused the problem, they do not have a choice but to respond to the issues at the workplace. The key is how would a leader react to the issue and how their reputation and career standards will interfear afterwards. An early recognition could prevent many ethical issues from increasing in the mental health field and work environment. Ethical dilemmas could happen in many different ways, such professionals do have any act of acknowledge
organization to make them understood by employees. It is also the responsibility of the organization to make sure that its employees are fully following the policies. Moreover, information security policies are important in a way that they help reduce the risks associated with employees' acceptable and unacceptable use of the company's information resources. As would confirm Danchev of Windows Security, the first step towards enhancing a company's security is the introduction of a precise yet enforceable