Kaiser Permanente leadership reacted quickly to mitigate the damage of the breach because the company was non-compliant with good information security practice and regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) which established standards for the
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infrastructure has monetary costs for both equipment and man-hours. The IT staff will need to install and set up the new infrastructure‚ as well as‚ train professional and standard users on the expectations for use of the new network and specific HIPAA rules for the use of their own device. The IT department along other members of the governance committee will need to meet to develop standard protocols‚ policies and guidelines that clearly communicate the BYOD expectations. Employees need to fully
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Today an organization must take specific measures to protect an individual’s private health information. As technology advances with the coming future‚ protection as become increasing difficult‚ covering all the basis and guidelines brought forth by HIPAA laws. A major concern of the federal government is an intended or unintended breach of HIPAA regulations. Along with HIPAA‚ came the creation of the Privacy Rule. The Privacy Rule
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as a Nurse’s Aide. In my profession I have come across patients that have the active HIV/AIDS virus and have not told their partners‚ husband‚ or wife that they have this sexual incurable disease. Yet‚ because of laws that I am to abide by such as HIPAA I cannot release that information to their significant other without losing my job and being in violation of the law. It is important to have this information shared with people who may have contracted a disease that someone is morally in capable of
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and a healthcare clearinghouse. HIPAA address covered transactions such as claims‚ payments‚ eligibility‚ and more. However‚ there are some exceptions to the covered entity rule for the health care facilities that have less than twenty- five employees. HIPAA has put more emphasis on security and privacy which has changed the processes on how HIM professionals deal with patient’s health information. Transaction and code sets are rules that are another part of the HIPAA regulations which was designed
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Protected Privacy Dr. Josef is recording his dictating notes in the emergency room and you hear him mention that the patient in the next room is a victim of domestic violence. Which of the following describes your knowledge of the situation according to HIPAA? Incorrect Selection: Amendment of protected health information What should a health care worker do if the solution to a problem requires a task that is outside of the scope of practice? Incorrect
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The primary goal of HIPAA was to allow client’s ease of access to his or her own medical records in addition to providing mandated guidelines that require patient confidentiality (Woodside and McClam 2013‚ p. 118). HIPAA has affected the human service professional and client relationship in favorable ways. According to Joan Szabo‚ “the provider [of services is] required
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the negative publicity surrounding the event with the Chief-of-Police. Today’s meeting will help decide how to address the issue with the public while minimizing any additional loss to the company and how to communicate the ideas without violating HIPAA‚ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‚ guidelines. Advantages and disadvantages of communication methods First‚ we will discuss advantages and disadvantages of using traditional media to distribute our message. Traditional
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References: HIPAA and other laws‚ chapter 10‚ pg. 12 www.courseslearningsomething.com/script2
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