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Smart Cards May Make Security a Non-Issue
Author: Deike, Karen
Source: In Confidence (newsletter)
Publication Date: November 02, 2000
Smart cards have long held enormous potential for governments in managing healthcare information and delivering benefits to clients with more efficiency, less fraud, and greater customer satisfaction. But critical to gaining acceptance of the cards is the ability to assure clients that the in....
Smart Training on Privacy and Security
Author: Bacik, Sandy
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2010
ARRA's modifications to the HIPAA privacy and security rules are setting off a new round of training in facilities large and small. Trainers must fit the new training into existing schedules that already include organizational policies and procedures, HIPAA, and other regulations such as the R....
Smart Training on Privacy and Security (expanded version)
Author: Bacik, Sandy
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2010
There is plenty of privacy and security training to be done, and many trainers struggle to get resources from their organizations and attention from their audiences. Sandy Bacik, CISSP, ISSMP, CISM, CGEIT, is a principal consultant at EnerNex and a former chief security officer. Here she o....
Snap Judgment
Author: AHIMA Professional Ethics Committee
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: April 01, 2010
Anyone who is a member of AHIMA or holds its credentials agrees to abide by its code of ethics.
The code sets forth professional values and ethical principles, and it offers guidelines to which professionals aspire. “Ethical behaviors result from a pe....
Sorting Out Employee Sanctions
Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2003
Has your organization addressed sanctions related to privacy and security issues? Both the final privacy rule and final security rule address this issue. The privacy rule states that the covered entity must have and apply appropriate sanctions against members of its workforce who fail to....
Sounding the Alarm: Knowing When to Notify Patients of a Data Breach Can Be Unclear
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2009
Forty-four states require organizations to alert customers and employees when data breaches occur. But ambiguity in the laws requires organizations to be capable of making good decisions on their own.
The laptop was missing.
Previously stationed in the EEG department of Nor....
Special Considerations for Business Associate Agreements: Substance Abuse Treatment, Federal Law Present Challenges
Author: Haines, Pamela T.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2004
If you are writing business associate agreements for a healthcare provider these days, you have probably discovered there are often no magic words or formulas that will produce an agreement. Although sample forms available from various sources may be helpful, generally no two business associat....
Staff Discovery Tools
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Source: AHIMA web extra
Publication Date: February 02, 2003
Use one of the two approaches below to involve and educate staff on privacy issues. The second method uses a more structured approach.
1. Protected health information (PHI) is confidential information that includes a patient's identity and medical information. Identify instances where PHI....
Standards for Safety, Security, and Interoperability of Medical Devices in an Integrated Health Information Environment
Author: Williams, Patricia A.H
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2017
Information sharing between healthcare organizations increasingly includes the use of electronic health records (EHRs) as well as data from medical devices that have been integrated into existing networks. When exchanging such data, providers should be mindful not only of the interoperabil....
Statement Accompanying Disclosures
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA sample form
Publication Date: January 02, 1997
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