Assignment:
Please answer to following the question in 100 to 150 words. Please include a reference to each set of questions.
Question 1. What are the breach notice requirements for business associates and covered entities under the HITECH Act (2009)? What are the ethical responsibilities of an administrator responding to a breach?
Question 2. How can an administrator in a health care organization influence others in the organization to use data legally and ethically? How can an administrator respond to reluctance to comply with legal and ethical standards?
Question 3. What are your ethical concerns with Electronic medical records (EMR)? Please support your statements with outside sources.
Question 4. You may hear the terms privacy and confidentiality used interchangeably, but this is incorrect. Please explain the difference between privacy and confidentiality and support with a relevant reference.
Question 5. How would you handle the employee who individually takes records home and then leaves them inadvertently on the subway, for example? Is the scenario different if employees are permitted to take records home, but are required to safeguard them than if employees are discouraged from taking records home?