...The Involvement of HIPAA Privacy and HIV and AIDS Faye Loiseau HCR/220 November 13, 2011 The Involvement of HIPAA Privacy and HIV and AIDS HIV and AIDS are the most serious and deadly disease among today’s society. This disease is worldwide and has not specific targets. The first case of AIDS was discovered in the United States approximate 20 years ago, and has increased to an estimated of 24 million people becoming affected today. AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since 1981 and its not finish. 1.1 million Americans are among 33million people that live with HIV the virus that causes AIDS ("The Body Complete HIV and Aids Resource", 2011). However there seems to be a very large number of individuals living with either HIV or AIDS and are unaware that they are infected. HIPAA existence is to provide privacy to patient’s medical history so individual with such disease can be ensure that his or information will be protected and remains confidential (Mair, 2009). HIPAA duty is to maintain confidentiality for a patient which is considered to be a legal and ethical priority for all health professionals. (webmd ,2011). AIDS is caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which can spread from person to person because of infectious agent in contaminated blood. The human body’s defense cells called lymphocytes are destroyed by HIV. These cells are contained in the immune system which this body system helps to fight off intruders or infections. When HIV intrude and...
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...Introduction: No matter what industry the organization fits in, IT Compliance plays an essential role of operations. It will cover both internal policies, federal regulations ,ethical practices, standards. Privacy is Fundamental to good health care. The HIPAA privacy rule is essential to patient care and public health and safety. Its very important to protect against disclosure of sensitive health information. Its critical to recognize that the lack of health privacy can lead to Individual health care and endanger public health and safety. Additional mesasures could enhance the effectivenss of the HIPAA privacy rule. Before the privacy rule with effect in April 2003, the inadequate health professional and patient outreach , awareness have...
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...HIPAA Privacy Rule is one the most important regulations in the Health and Human Services (HHS) because it sets the guidelines forcing medical practices to keep patients date securely and privacy. The Privacy Rule mandates that the minimum amount of protected health information (PHI) is to be accessed or requested by HIPAA covered entities (www.hhs.gov, 2014). Nowadays, healthcare providers need quick access to patient medical information anywhere at any time the patients present in order to provide efficiency and quality care to patients. Since people can access to patient’s information easily, the number of HIPPA violations increase dramatically. The advent of the internet has had a major impact on the healthcare industry in the last...
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...Topic Paper #1: HIPAA - How the Security Rule Supports the Privacy Rule INTRODUCTION: HIPAA privacy rule: The HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals’ medical records and other personal health information and applies to health plans, health care clearinghouses, and those health care providers that conduct certain health care transactions electronically. The Rule requires appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of personal health information, and sets limits and conditions on the uses and disclosures that may be made of such information without patient authorization. The Rule also gives patients rights over their health information, including rights to examine and obtain a copy of their health records, and to request corrections. (HHS, 2003) HIPAA security rule: The HIPAA Security Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals’ electronic personal health information that is created, received, used, or maintained by a covered entity. The Security Rule requires appropriate administrative, physical and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of electronic protected health information. (HHS, 2003) Typically ePHI is stored in: • Computer hard drives • Magnetic tapes, disks, memory cards • Any kind of removable/transportable digital memory media • All transmission media used to exchange information such as the Internet, leased lines, dial-up, intranets, and private...
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...HIPAA Privacy – Safe Guarding and Securing Patient Data HIPAA Privacy – Safe Guarding and Securing Patient Data Robert N. Reges DeVry University/ HSM 410 Professor Anthony LaBonte 12 December 2010 Abstract According to section 1.07 of the APA Publication Manual [ (Ame01) ], “An abstract is a brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the article; it allows readers to survey the contents of an article quickly, and like a title, it enables abstracting and information services to index and retrieve articles” (p. 12). . HIPAA Privacy – Safe Guarding and Securing Patient Data It has been said time and time again that life was much less complicated at the turn of the 20th Century and this saying could not be truer when it comes to medicine. At the turn of the 1900’s there was a personal bond between the provider and the patient, between the provider and the community, and between citizens in the community. In small towns across the nation there was less of a sense of privacy & individualism and more emphasis on helping your neighbor; because of this medical privacy was not a concern. You cannot help your neighbor if you are not aware of their issues. If we fast forward to the year 2010 times have changed significantly; with the advent of technology the American culture has changed. Personal information is no longer just stored on paper in the doctor’s office, patient information is stored in vast computer banks and sold like stocks and bonds on...
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...•What did you learn from the HIPAA tutorial? •Why is this information important? •How will you use this information in the future? On April 14, 2003 the Health Insurance portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) took effect, and these federal regulation have had an impact on the field of healthcare. It affords certain protections to persons covered by health care plans, including continuity of coverage when changing jobs, standards for electronic health care transactions, and primary safeguards for the privacy of individually identifiable patient information. Protecting healthcare information is the key essential in a healthcare organization. In an Internet video, Barclay (2010) states it is imperative that all healthcare providers be knowledgeable about the HIPAA standards and protect the rights of patients and residents. However, patients also have the responsibilities to give accurate information about their condition and to participate in treatment and care. With that being said the doctrine of informed consent allows patients full disclosure to make a knowledgeable decision about their care. Failure of patient confidentiality gives rise to legal liability. Identifying different forms of security breaches and creating measures to safeguards standards, procedure and policies against leaking personal health information (PHI) will maintain and promote growth of an organization. Identifying different forms of security breaches and instituting measures to implement...
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...Comparison of GLBA and HIPAA 1. Which US government agency acts as the legal enforcement entity for businesses and organizations involved in commerce? a. The FTC Its principal mission is the promotion of consumer protection and the elimination and prevention of anticompetitive business practices, such as coercive monopoly 2. Which US government agency acts as the legal enforcement entity regarding HIPAA compliance and HIPAA violations? b. The “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009”(ARRA), established a tiered civil penalty structure for HIPAA violations 3. List three (3) similarities between GLBA and HIPAA. c. Both require technical safeguards to protect or guarantee the veracity of critical information. d. GLBA protects personal financial information of an organization's customers. And HIPAA protects and guarantees the privacy of an individual's Personal Health Information (PHI). e. Both have a requirement for specific IT controls. 4. List five (5) examples of privacy data elements for GLBA as defined in the privacy rule. f. Name, Address, City State Zip, Account Number, and Social Security Number are five examples of privacy data elements for GLBA as defined in the privacy rule. 5. List five (5) examples of privacy data elements for HIPAA as defined in the privacy rule. g. Name, Address, City State Zip, Ailments/Conditions, and Social Security Number are five examples of privacy data elements for GLBA...
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...Paper Introductory Statement & Overview of position Controversial Position The controversial position of Scott’s organization, can tell employees what to do on the companies times and property and an employee’s own time. Traditional Position Companies have the right to tell employees what to do on company’s time and property, but at home employees can do what they want. As Jim Lowe “started each day with two doughnuts. Lunch was pair of Whoppers and fries. Nighttime involved a bag of chips, a couch, and a clicker”(Conlin, 2007). My Position My overview position is traditional position I believe that Organizational or Companies have the right tell employees what do on company’s time but at employees can do what they wish at the privacy of their own home. Argument # 1 Controversial Argument Corporations find new ways to save money, as Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. and other organization are banning employees from smoking, regardless of whether it is done on company or personal time. Scotts believes if you work of us you are band from certain things. Traditional Position Rebuttal Some times in a job you must bring your work home; organizations are saying you must bring their rules and regulation home. Many organizations such as Scotts is trying to control people personal life outside of work. Such organization that help employees outside of work as NWI(National Work Rights Institute), is protecting employees and their rights at home. It should not matter if you work...
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...Technology Acts Paper The creation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Electronic Funds Transfer Act were designed to protect individual’s personal information. These two acts aim at protecting important personal information that can make an individual vulnerable to identity theft and other crimes. In the growing world of technology, individuals need protection and privacy from potential criminals. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed on August 21, 1996 with a goal to provide safe electronic transfers of personal health information ("American Academy Of Pediatrics ", 2005). With the development of the Electronic Health Record (EHR), an individual’s personal health information could be easily shared in-house or by outside networks. These types of electronic files can be shared between physicians, clinics, insurance companies to the individuals themselves. EHR’s are taking the place of paper files that take up valuable space in offices and endless fees for supplies. EHR’s contain information such as age, weight, diseases, immunization status, or complete medical histories. Whether the breach of privacy is intentional or unintentional, vital information can be at the finger- tips of criminals enabling crimes such as identity theft or publically humiliating famous people. One of the main goals of HIPAA is to limit the access of individual’s health information to those necessary for treatment. By limiting...
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...computers is the increase of its capabilities, availabilities, and accuracies of information that is used in the support and development of our health care systems. Some remarkable changes have occurred in our health care systems due to computers. One such computer is a medical robot. To allow surgeons to have a better access to areas that are more precise and tedious, a medical robot can be used for these types of operations. Privacy risks With the use of medical robots, there are more chances of privacy risks. A health care robot will be monitoring a patient 24 hours a day, and all the information that is collected and stored can be at risk. The reason for privacy risks is that all information that is collected can or will be reported to other robots, human providers or health information technologies. Healthcare robots will have capabilities of connecting to other devices and this will mean the transference of personal data. Healthcare robots will have the need of being sure they are running and functioning properly and this can be an issue of privacy. When maintaining the operation of the healthcare robots they will have the need of technicians and data service providers. What this can entail is a potential for vulnerabilities into the healthcare environment from the technicians or providers accessing or by merging the robots with other devices as they do repairs or updates. Security safeguards...
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...Medical Privacy and Your Information IFSM 304 Abstract With the increasing amount of personal data which is being compiled on the Internet and specifically medical information we must look at the ethical dilemma of who has access to our data. Not only general demographic data such as full name, home address, phone number and date of birth but also extremely sensitive medical information such as diagnosis, and medication prescribed. Even though the convenience of digital records accessible to care providers via the web can expedite service, security and privacy have to be considered and maintained. Ethical dilemma: Medical Privacy and Your Information | Stakeholders | Veracity | Confidentiality | Autonomy | 1: Individual | Individual must ensure truthfulness and accuracy in providing any information to medical personnel. | Individuals must the right for privacy of all medical information . | The individual patient must ensure their right to make any decisions in dealing with their treatment and how their personal information is handled. | 2: Medical Personnel | Have the responsibility to provide truthful information concerning a patient’s diagnosis and treatment. | Responsible to maintain the personal privacy of all patients’ information. | Have the responsibility to make appropriate decisions when dealing with patient data. | 3:Website/Cloud Administration | Must maintain the appropriate level of ethical and legal obligations and ensure all site users are...
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...Introductory Statement & Overview of position Controversial Position The controversial position of Scott’s organization, can tell employees what to do on the companies times and property and an employee’s own time. Traditional Position Companies have the right to tell employees what to do on company’s time and property, but at home employees can do what they want. As Jim Lowe “started each day with two doughnuts. Lunch was pair of Whoppers and fries. Nighttime involved a bag of chips, a couch, and a clicker”(Conlin, 2007). My Position My overview position is traditional position I believe that Organizational or Companies have the right tell employees what do on company’s time but at employees can do what they wish at the privacy of their own home. Argument # 1 Controversial Argument Corporations find new ways to save money, as Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. and other organization are banning employees from smoking, regardless of whether it is done on company or personal time. Scotts believes if you work of us you are band from certain things. Traditional Position Rebuttal Some times in a job you must bring your work home; organizations are saying you must bring their rules and regulation home. Many organizations such as Scotts is trying to control people personal life outside of work. Such organization that help employees outside of work as NWI(National Work Rights Institute), is protecting employees and their rights at home. It should not matter if you work...
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...are currently three key forms of health information exchange: Directed Exchange – ability to send and receive secure information electronically between care providers to support coordinated care Query-based Exchange – ability for providers to find and/or request information on a patient from other providers, often used for unplanned care Consumer Mediated Exchange – ability for patients to aggregate and control the use of their health information among providers c. Privacy and security concerns The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' HIPAA requires HIEs to have privacy and security policies and procedures in place to safeguard health information when it is exchange. Privacy and security considerations include the following: * data-sharing agreements among the providers and between the providers and the HIE are all in place. * trust agreements with all HIE participants. These agreements define who can access and change data. All HIE participants must agree to follow the privacy and security policies that govern data protection and use. There are also federal and state laws regarding who can access data. Audits should be continuously performed to monitor data access. * permission controls and...
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...Confidentiality …In the Medical Workplace A Written Case Brief by: SheTonya Sanders Dr. Cabrera AHPH 480 The Story Sara and Jan, who are both registered nurses at Memorial Hospital, have been friends ever since graduating nursing school 5 years ago. Memorial Hospital is a state of the art hospital with a recently adopted new technology system that allows instant retrieval of medical information and an access to a greater number of people. This “easy access” of patient information has made inter departmental referral of patients quicker and more efficient. The downside of this technology is that it does not have an incorporated internal monitoring system for patient database information retrieval. Sara has worked full-time at Memorial Hospital in the Neonatal Intensive Care unit since she graduated five years ago. She loves her job, is very personable, and eventually would like to become nurse manager of the department one day. Jan is a new hire at Memorial Hospital, but has worked at another hospital in the area for the past five years. Jan now works in the Oncology Cancer Care Center which is located in another building on the Memorial Hospital campus. Sara and Jan sometimes will have lunch in the cafeteria when they are scheduled on same shifts. Jan’s friend and neighbor, Kelly, just had her second baby at Memorial Hospital. Kelly was released, but the baby has yet to go home and is in the neonatal intensive...
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...HCR 240 HIPAA and Information Technology Checkpoint There are many advantages to standardized medical records. To have medical records that is readily available. The advantages of being able to access a persons medical information would help the patient, practice and many organizations gather data about a patient to make sure that the patient is receiving the best care possible. Also, this would allow getting access to a patients account regardless of where the patient is located. HIPAA is an important factor in the medical field. The issues that would arise in the launch of Online Health records, it would allow anyone with access and the right information to access the patient's information. With many married couples, most have the spouse's information. This would allow the spouses or those that know the information of a patient to access a patient's data. Although changes could not be made, personal and pertinent information could be located. The medical industry is further behind most other fields because the privacy issues and ensuring that can access the records are those that are supposed to and also to ensure that all information that is inputted is not a loss. With most information that is inputted in a patients file has some kind of magnitude. Being able to follow patient's records and to ensure that data is secure and information is accessible is the most important part of this process. If these two things can not be ensured then the medical field should...
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