Discuss the following:
Topic:
With the development of the health care industry in the past century, largely affected by the significant changes in medical technology (for example: the electronic health record), the growth of government participation in health care, and the greater scrutiny on claims and patient records by third-party payers, the amount and type of available patient-specific health information has greatly expanded. As a result, it is becoming increasingly difficult to protect and control the use of protected health information (PHI). As a healthcare professional, it is your responsibility to ensure that patient confidentiality and privacy are protected at all times.
Assignment:
Discuss the Health Information professional's role in privacy and security of the medical record. Some ideas to include would be protecting PHI (protected health information) from: unauthorized users, accidental disclosure, unauthorized employees, etc. You may want to discuss the HIM professional's role in ensuring the data integrity of the medical record.
Instructions:
Each paper must be typed and should be 3-4 (full) pages long, not counting your reference page (required) or title page (if you include one). You must Use a 10 - 12 point font and double space with 1" margins.
Accidental disclosure: Could occur by a wrong patient's PHI being faxed, PHI being faxed to the wrong fax number, another patient's lab sheet, progress note, etc. being placed/scanned in another patient's record and being released.