Hipaa
HIPAA HELPS
KAPLAN UNIVERSITY
ANGELA MCCONNELL
HIPAA HELPS HIPAA came into place “to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Public Law 104-191, included Administrative Simplification provisions that required HHS to adopt national standards for electronic health care transactions and code sets, unique health identifiers, and security.” (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) Then after getting all the policy and procedures into place it became effective in February of 2003. The HIPAA policies help to protect all parties in the medical field including the patients and physicians. In helping to protecting the patients HIPAA laws keep their records confidential. There are several rules that must be followed. This means the physician or entity is not allowed to disclose any information pertaining to the patient as far as but not limited to what condition they have had in the past, what conditions they may be going through currently, what the family history is, and their demographics. When speaking of demographics this includes everything the persons’ name, date of birth, phone number, age, or even their address. An example of HIPAA being broken would be a patient receiving another patients’ envelope with test results. HIPAA can also help when it comes to protect the physicians with its laws as well. One way could be if a patient or parent of a patient signed a release of the patients’ medical record to be released to their employer. If the physician allowed for the records to be released upon receiving the signed release and the employer fired the patient for a reason that was included in the patients’ medical record the patient could not come back on the physician for the release. Although the patient may try to sue or file a violation with the physician the patient will not win because the physician was only doing what the patient asked
KAPLAN UNIVERSITY
ANGELA MCCONNELL
HIPAA HELPS HIPAA came into place “to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Public Law 104-191, included Administrative Simplification provisions that required HHS to adopt national standards for electronic health care transactions and code sets, unique health identifiers, and security.” (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) Then after getting all the policy and procedures into place it became effective in February of 2003. The HIPAA policies help to protect all parties in the medical field including the patients and physicians. In helping to protecting the patients HIPAA laws keep their records confidential. There are several rules that must be followed. This means the physician or entity is not allowed to disclose any information pertaining to the patient as far as but not limited to what condition they have had in the past, what conditions they may be going through currently, what the family history is, and their demographics. When speaking of demographics this includes everything the persons’ name, date of birth, phone number, age, or even their address. An example of HIPAA being broken would be a patient receiving another patients’ envelope with test results. HIPAA can also help when it comes to protect the physicians with its laws as well. One way could be if a patient or parent of a patient signed a release of the patients’ medical record to be released to their employer. If the physician allowed for the records to be released upon receiving the signed release and the employer fired the patient for a reason that was included in the patients’ medical record the patient could not come back on the physician for the release. Although the patient may try to sue or file a violation with the physician the patient will not win because the physician was only doing what the patient asked
References: Gambrell & Russell, LL, S. (2013). Hipaa. it 's not just for doctors anymore. Retrieved from http://www.sgrlaw.com/resources/trust_the_leaders/leaders_issues/ttl5/915/ U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (n.d.). Hipaa administrative simplification statute and rules . Retrieved from http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/administrative/