Question

describe what you see would be your role in a medical facility to protect the patient and your employer. by practicing hippa rules and regulations.

give informative examples on how you would practice good hippa etiquette

Answer 1

Regarding my role in a medical facility to protect the patient and my employer, I would follow HIPPA rules and regulations. I would ensure patient data security by:

1. Educating my colleagues about the importance of confidentiality of information as well as the consequences of patient data disclosure/security breach.

2. Implementing data usage controls.

3. Restricting access to data and applications.

4. Monitoring the use/access of patient information.

5. Ensuring the use of secure mobile devices.

6. Encryption of data in rest and transit data will be ensured.

7. Mitigation of connected device risks.

8. Risk assessments will be conducted on a regular basis.

9. Offsite data backup will be used as needed

10. Regular compliance evaluation of other associates will be conducted.

Violation of HIPAA was found in a quarterly audit in a healthcare organization by an employee in charge of PHI. He was found to be misusing the patient information by sending his neighbor's information to a social media group, and allowing others to see it. He was caught redhanded and was fined $10,000 and was suspended from service for 3 months. He was then reinstated after proper HIPAA training and test.