HITECH Act – Privacy and Security What is the HITECH Act? Protecting the privacy of patient information is one of the top priorities of all healthcare providers and is specifically required by various state and federal laws. On February 17‚ 2009 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA‚ sometimes referred to as “the stimulus”) included provisions making significant improvement in the privacy and security standards for health information was signed into law by the federal
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BN‚ MN‚ RN 79 Stirling Crescent‚ St John’s‚ NL A1A 4J9 Cell (709) 763-8763; Email: jyotisharmamaher@gmail.com SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS • Experience as a registered nurse in resident care‚ schools and hospital settings • Master of Nursing Degree; Bachelor of Nursing Degree; Member in good standing with ARNNL • Strong organization‚ interpersonal‚ communication skills and maintaining relationships with stakeholders • Committed to quality care of patient; commendable work ethic • Knowledge
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St. Mary’s Hospital Case Solution 1) Upon the story presented‚ necessary actions should be taken to overcome the hospital’s problems. St. Mary’s Hospital last year’s numbers showed the necessity of such actions. For the first time‚ since the hospital started operating‚ they presented deficit on its revenue. St. Mary’s hospital had some major problems in a few departments. During the last few years‚ the occupancy‚ or the number of patients in the hospital‚ has been declining. Such problem is explained
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I agree with you‚ Sue violated the patient privacy rights when she viewed and downloaded patient information for her educational use without obtaining permission from the patient. While Sue is working in the COPD clinic‚ she is only permitted to view the portion of a patient’s medical record that would be necessary for her to do her job. According to Calloway & Venegas‚ any information that is not needed by the provider to administer care to the patient is protected by The Health Insurance Portability
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Management Plan for Security and Privacy 1 Management Plan for Security and Privacy 2 Abstract Many times‚ disaster recovery planning fails to consider how diverse regulations and compliance issues will impact an organization after a natural disaster strikes (Talon‚ 2006). For instance‚ organizations regulated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)‚ will discover that disaster recovery planning can be a complex web of potential pitfalls
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Privacy‚ Laws‚ and Security Measures Percy A. Grisby II Computer Ethics January 23‚ 2015 Professor Sonya M. Dennis Privacy is the rights an organization or an individual has to collect‚ disclose‚ retain and use their personal information (Subramanian‚ 2008). When we talk about privacy‚ most of the times it deals with private information which is the information that are linked directly or indirectly to an individual. Private information helps identify customers‚ employees and other stakeholders
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Airport security is a critical element in safeguarding the American people and maintaining national security. One of the many ways in which airport security is being conducted is through body scanners. The Transportation Security Administration‚ or TSA‚ has installed new body scanners that are used to check suspected terrorists. At first the new body scanners were completely optional‚ but now the TSA has revised its rules stating that opting out is no longer an option for some passengers (Elliot)
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Privacy and Security Breaches at Acxiom: Case Study Chapter 4 Privacy and Security Breaches at Acxiom: Case Study Chapter 4 Acxiom might be the most important organization that most of us have never heard of. They are the “world’s largest processor of consumer data‚ collecting and analyzing more than a billion records a day” (Bigdoli‚ 2012). Acxiom was founded in 1969‚ and its’ headquarters is located in Little Rock‚ Arkansas (About Acxiom‚ 2013). “Its customers include nine of the country
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Cyber Security and Privacy Techniques Tammy Sublett Harrison College Cybercrime Thomas Hart 12/05/12 In today society almost everyone has some form of computer or phone with internet capacity that are exposed to hackers and those that wish to interrupt the cyber world. It is imperative that we all become better educated to the risks and pitfalls that go along with accessing cyber space from any kind of device with access to the world-wide web. Be it by cell device‚ laptop‚ notebook‚ or home
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just choose between national security and privacy‚ it isn’t that black and white; the key is finding the balance between them for the right time. Privacy vs. national security has been an ongoing national and international debate that has many different ways to approach it from. There are certain things people must know before debating this topic‚ one of which being The Patriot Act. This is an example of a national Act attempting to balance national security and privacy. There’s also an example of
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