As the new Healthcare Protection Administrator (CHPA) of a leading health care organization (Southern Ohio Medical Center), I have been asked to evaluate their current data security strategy. As part of my evaluation, I will use this outline to determine whether or not their current data security strategy is effective.
What is a Case Study?
For our purposes, a case study is a real-life health care administrative situation involving a decision to be made or a problem or issue to be resolved.
• A case study with the following (ALL OF THE QUESTION BELOW SHOW BE ANSWERD CLEARLY FOR FULL CREDIT) :
1. opening paragraph¬-introduction to the situation
2. background organizational information¬-history, mission, values, competition, financial information, and additional information of significant value
3. area of interest¬-strategic planning, leadership, marketing, finance, health care operations, human resources
4. definition of the challenge/concern (data security) -specific problem or decision(s) to be made; this is your problem statement
5. alternative situations/solutions¬-list of options for meeting the challenge or concern
6. conclusion¬-summary of the situation, any constraints or limitations, and the urgency of the situation, with the best alternative presented and defended
7. This paper should be about 12 pages of text.
Defining the Challenge/Concern
The problem statement should be a clear and concise statement of exactly what issue or concern needs to be addressed. This is not challenging to write!
To pinpoint the challenge to be addressed, ask yourself the following questions:
• What appears to be the issue/problem?
• How do I know that this is a problem? Note that, in answering this question, you will differentiate the indicators of the problem from the problem itself.
• What needs to be addressed immediately? Answering this will help you to differentiate between problems that can be resolved within the context of the case and larger issues that need to be addressed at a later time.
• What is important and what is urgent? Some problems appear to be urgent, but upon closer examination, are revealed to be relatively unimportant, while others may be far more important than they are pressing.
The problem statement can be framed as a question (e.g., What should Sue do? or How can Mr. Smith improve? It typically has to be rewritten several times during the analysis of a case, as you peel back the layers of symptoms or causation.
Coming Up With Alternative Situations/Solutions
You'll want to answer the following questions to come up with viable alternatives:
• Why or how did the challenge/concern arise? You are trying to determine cause and effect for the problems identified. You cannot solve a problem of which you cannot determine the cause! It may be helpful to think of the organization in question as consisting of the following components:
• people who transform. . .
• resources, such as materials, equipment, or supplies, using. . .
• processes, which create something of greater value
• Who is affected the most by the challenge/concern? You are trying to identify the relevant stakeholders to the situation, and who will be affected by the decisions to be made.
• What are the constraints and opportunities in this situation?
This paper should be about 12 pages of text.
Your written assignment must reflect the following:
Be typed in 12-point Times New Roman or Arial font, double-spaced, with margins no wider
Than one inch
Have footnotes or endnotes with correct citations
Outline can be used to create case study:
I. Do you have a comprehensive privacy awareness training program for employees?
II. How and where will our data be stored?
A. Accessed?
B. Shared
C. Transmitted
III. Do you have an incident response plan in place?
IV. What is our organization doing to protect data on mobile devices?
A. What are we doing to monitor and protect against insider threats?
V. Where are the weaknesses in our networks and EHR systems?
A. Action items
B. Action plan