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PPT talks about the basics of HIPAA and what patients should expect about the PII.TRANSCRIPT
Everyone’s ResponsibilityHIPAA
Mario S. MendozaMHA690: Health Care Capstone19 January 2012
The HIPAA law was enacted in 1996 to give more protection to all patients’ healthcare information.
“A major goal of the Privacy Rule is to assure that individuals’ health information is properly protected while allowing the flow of health information needed to provide and promote high quality health care and to protect the public's health and well-being” (OCR, 2003, p. 3).
HIPAA Brief Overview
Celebrity HIPAA Violations. What training could you as a manager put into place to avoid this situation?
Conduct thorough Background Check
Formal HIPAA Training Program
Hire Ethical Employees
Address Violations Immediately
Train employees to use minimal PHI
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Has The Following Components
Successful HIPAA Training
Consumer Control
Accountability
Security
The Setting of Boundaries
Public Responsabiity
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Patients have the Right To:
Under HIPAA
Inspect and Copy Their
Records
Have their Records
Protected
Place Restriction on Records
Request Correction of
Records
Limits on PHI Disclosure
List of Who Has Accessed Their
RecordsHIPAA
addresses what strategies are appropriate for staying in compliance with the federal law
All Training Programs Should Guard PHIHIPAA
Patients must have the confidence that their medical professions will protect their personal identifiable information in regards to their health records.
Patient must ”authorize”
sharing of PHI
PHI is not shared with all clinical staff
PHI is only Used to Treat Patient’s
condition
HIPAAHire Ethical Employees
Some would argue that Ethics is in the DNA. Either You have it or you don’t.
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Employers should conduct thorough background checks on all employees who will be handling HIPAA and PHI
HIPAAConduct Thourough Background Checks
Work
LifeHome
HIPAAViolations should be addressed Immedietly
Violation
Investigation
Termination or Retraining
References
Office for Civil Rights (OCR), (2003) Summary of the HIPAA privacy rule. United States Department of Health & Human Services, OCR Privacy Brief.
Report: Over 120 UCLA Hospital Staff Saw Celebrity Health Records. (2006, August 6). Fox News.com. Retrieved from http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,398784,00.html
Wolper, L. F. (2011). Health Care Administration: Managed Organized Delivery Systems (5th ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett
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