The following document shall serve as the RFP (Request for Project) for the Patton-Fuller Community Hospital. Team A has researched the hospital’s current IT systems seeking ways to ensure many years of continued success and compliance with the very best practices in the IT community today. Specific areas such as networking architecture design and the future proofing of the design for speed, accuracy, and security of the system shall be discussed as part of this RFP. Special consideration was given to the sensitive nature of the security surrounding patient information while proposing changes.…
We have gone over our books and looked at our labor growth over the last 6-7 years. Here is a summary of our situation. All numbers are based on billed services only. Costs of goods sold are NOT included in any of the numbers. Our average growth per year over the last 6-7 years is 48.62%. If we take out our best and worst years for growth then our average is 31.62% each year. We are currently on pace to easily hit $126,703.79 in labor for 2016. Our labor increased by 34.84% from 2015 to 2016. We just added two managed service clients this month. Now we have 20 managed services clients that add up to $120,720.96 per year. As you know this is the most valuable part of our business.…
Anyone with a laptop or tablet could access the network and with only few basic network utilities could access all the servers and all the patient information. Most of these facilities are not implementing any Network Security because of the cost associated with it. “Most healthcare organizations nationwide, some 61 percent to be exact, reported a security related incident in the form of security breach, data loss or unplanned downtime at least once this past year, according to a new health IT report by MeriTalk, a public-private organization working to improve government information technology. These security events cost U.S. hospitals an estimated $1.6 billion each year. Breaking it down by incident, hospitals should expect to hand over on average $810,000 per security breach, which occurs at nearly one in five healthcare organizations nationwide” (healthcareitnews.com). I hope that with this project I can make clear the benefits of securing the network and the steps we need to take to set up and secure the…
Administrators at the University of Colorado found a way to comply HIPAA to protect the integrity of electronic patient records. In addition to meeting the Privacy requirement of HIPAA, they needed a system to deal with their staff of medical professionals who move from computer to computer throughout their shifts. To be better equipped to achieve compliance, the hospital chose to use technology via a…
Megan delivered a baby boy on 4-21-16, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. She is in room 2018, and they may discharge on 4-22-16. Prior to the birth, Megan lived in the home with her mother (reporter), but it was unknown of her plan of living after she discharges. Megan has pulled a no visitor card, and will not allow any visitors to see her. Zack (the newborn’s father) will answer the phone when the reporter calls and would say that Megan is unavailable. He is controlling and possessive of Megan. The reporter has heard that Zack may be abusive to Megan. HIPPA Law prevents the reporter from speaking with a hospital staff about what is going on with Megan at the hospital. Megan has been mad with the reporter for months because the reporter…
Training sessions will be organized for all employees at least once a year to refresh their knowledge of privacy and security in compliance to with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules. HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule set a national standard for the security and privacy of electronic protected health information; and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Rule. The US Department of Health and Human Services (2010) stated, “the Rule requires appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of personal health information, and sets limits and conditions on the uses and disclosures that may be made of such information without patient authorization” (¶…
A technician in 2017 is not required to attend an institutional program to sit for the NHA exam. Connie felt it will not be necessary for a technician to be ACPE accredited program.…
As of today there are issues with the information technology systems, clinical data management systems and the increasing automation of the electronic medical records. All of these present a significant amount of patient privacy and confidentiality issues. When we say confidential, meaning in healthcare we are talking about the protection of a patient’s medical information and keeping their medical information private and safe from any third parties. Administrators are expected to follow the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The HIPAA protects the privacy of patient’s medical information. Patient’s medical records are sensitive personal information that is covered with privacy. There are several ethical…
Over the years since the inception of HIPAA, it is hard not to notice the influence it brought on to the patients, the healthcare industry, the health information management and technology, and other entities in securing the confidentiality, security, and privacy of PHI. In addition, the HITECH Act and its HIPAA modification released in January 2013 greatly invigorated the HIPAA of 1996 (Solove, 2013). Definitely, the most important health care changes over the past couple of decades is the growing interest in health information privacy and security (Solove, 2013).…
HIPPA security and electronic signature standards are designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of individual health information while allowing appropriate use by providers, plans, and clearing houses. The security standards apply to health data stored electronically or transmitted over a network. The proposed security standards include standards for…
It also allows physicians and authorizes medical staff to view patient’s medical record. But password and security codes are given to certain medical staff to protect the privacy of individuals. Furthermore, scalability grants permission to the organizations to conclude on security measures appropriate to its operational risks.…
retrieve your records by filling out a form, and you are allowed access to your…
HIPPA Violations need to be taken very seriously in the healthcare field. I am sure most employees are not aware of the penalties involved with a HIPPA violation. The American Recovery Act of 2009 created a tiered penalty for HIPPA violations. But it is the Office of Civil Rights that determines the amount of each penalty, and is dependent upon the nature and extent of harm that results from the breach (CMS, 2013).…
HIPAA came into place “to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Public Law 104-191, included Administrative Simplification provisions that required HHS to adopt national standards for electronic health care transactions and code sets, unique health identifiers, and security.” (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) Then after getting all the policy and procedures into place it became effective in February of 2003. The HIPAA policies help to protect all parties in the medical field including the patients and physicians.…
A staff nurse working at a medical clinic looked up a patient file in order to weaken a lawsuit case the patient had against the nurse’s husband. She gave the information to her husband who then called the patient and made it known that he had medical information which he believed weakened the man's case. He suggested that the man consider dropping the lawsuit. The patient called and informed the clinic what the nurse had done. He also called the district attorney and within a month both the husband and the nurse was indicted. The nurse was also fired the day after the she gave the information to her husband. The nurse pleaded out and is awaiting sentencing. She faces up to 10 years in prison, a fine of as much as $250,000, and up to three years of supervised probation. The state nursing board is seeking to revoke her license. The nurse had no right to look up the patient information and she certainly had no right to share the information with her husband. She effectively ruined her life along with her husband’s. If she was worried about the lawsuit, there were other ways to go about getting help. They could have hired a good lawyer to help. She put her entire clinic in jeopardy for selfish reasons. The clinic handled the situation perfectly. They fired the nurse on the spot as soon as the breach was brought to light and held a meeting to educate employees on the importance of HIPAA and what could happen if it is violated. I do feel sorry for the nurse because she was dealing with so much stress but she deserves what she gets. She had other options available to her and shouldn’t have looked up that…