Tuesday, March 25, 2014 INFORMATION SECURITY VA Needs to Address Long-Standing Challenges Statement of Gregory C. Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues GAO-14-469T March 25, 2014 INFORMATION SECURITY VA Needs to Address Long-Standing Challenges Highlights of GAO-14-469T, a testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives Why GAO Did This Study The use of information technology is crucial to VA’s
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Barends (2011), presents us with an overview of the decision-making process called Evidence-based Human Resource (EBHR). “EBHR is a decision-making process combining critical thinking with use of the best available scientific evidence and business information” (Rousseau & Barends, 2011). Rousseau and Barends (2011), maintain that Human Resource professionals needs to have a questioning mindset. This means that they should be actively exploring alternatives to problems, seeking understanding, and testing
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(2008), the “Opportunity to Object” can be used, this HIPAA provision allows the covered entity to disclosed and discuss the residents PHI with “relative, other family member or a close personal friend of the individual, or any other person identified by the individual” to the extent that person needs the information for the individual’s care. Also if the individual is not present or is unable to agree
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Health Care Information Systems Terms LinetA HCS483 November 2, 2015 George DeRosa Health Care Information Systems Terms Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act According to Wager, K. A., Lee, F. W., & Glaser, J. P. (2013), this federal legislation includes provisions to define, specify, and protect patient health information. This legislation formulates the processes for the use and de-identification of the data and authorization of that data's use in research and analytics
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variety of channels, such as e-mail and IM, to identify sensitive information. They’re based on some of the same technologies—like pattern matching and contextual text search—that help antivirus and antispam tools block incoming threats. Tools typically come with basic patterns already defined for personally identifiable information, such as Social Security and credit card numbers, as well as templates for commonly private information, such as legal filings, personnel data, and product testing
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regulatory ramifications of EMR implementation. Literature Review The literature shows that there is still a lot of concern with how functional, regulated and private the EMR is. In the article “Determinants of Success of Inpatient Clinical Information Systems: A Literature Review”, written by MJ Can Der Meijden, HJ Tange, J Troost, and A Hasman (2001), the objective was to identify various attributes used to determine the success of patient care software and to test it’s developmental
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Effective Communication Rebecca Moreland HCS/325 December 17 2012 UOP Effective Communication I currently do not work but, I did previously work for an individual insurance sales agent for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. I understand that in the healthcare environment, communication is the utmost importance and confidential. There is only certain ways to handle certain cases. There are some things that you are not allowed to discuss in writing and vice versa in verbal communication due
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surveillance, or unauthorized disclosure of one's personal data or information, as by a government, corporation, or individual (Dictionary.com, 2015, figure 3). Privacy means a person has control over the extent, timing, and circumstances of sharing themselves with others. It relates to a participant's disclosure of information to a researcher. On the other hand, confidentiality is the act of protecting participant privacy. It pertains to the treatment of information that the participant has disclosed in the
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Unit 3 – P2 Outline how legislation, policies and procedures relating to health, safety and security influence health and social care settings. A legislation is a law or a set of laws which have been produced by governing body and made official by parliament to: regulate; authorise; sanction; grant; declare and restrict. Policies are clear, simple statements of how an organisation intends to conduct its services, actions or business. They provide a set of guiding principles to assist with decision
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Compliance Guide US Department of Health and Human Services Information Security Program Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance Guide September 14, 2005 Page i Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Compliance Guide US Department of Health and Human Services Table of Contents Table of Contents .......................................................................................... i
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