7 results.
Automation Can Help Manage Complex Privacy and Information Security Compliance
Author: Hofman, Judi
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2017
When the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) starts to demand evidence of compliance months or years after a privacy or security event, do you ever feel like the evidence of your own investigation is inadequate? Does your evidence now look like some....
OCR Continues to Define Patient Access Guidelines
Author: Bowen, Rita K.; Hofman, Judi; Lucci, Susan; McLendon, Kelly
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2016
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has made it abundantly clear through numerous communications that providing individuals easy access to their own health information is one of OCR’s most important mandates. Giving patients and their personal representatives access to their own information....
Implementation and Management of Patient Portals
Author: Baldwin, Kevin; Burton, Benjamin W; Cothran, Carey L.; DeMasters, Dana; Grady, Reginald; Halpert, Aviva M.; Hofman, Judi; Kadlec, Lesley; O'Dell, Rosann M; Pearson, Sandra; Deanna, Peterson; Rode, Dan; Rose, Angela Dinh; Schmidt, Peg
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2015
The advancement of technology has changed the practice of medicine. It has evolved the physician-patient relationship from solely a face-to-face interaction into real-time online encounters, from e-mails to virtual appointments. Patient portals represent such a technological advancement, leadi....
Laws and Regulations Governing the Disclosure of Health Information (2014 update)
Author: Hofman, Judi; Rose, Angela Dinh
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: January 2014
This practice brief provides a general overview of the laws and regulations impacting the timely and appropriate release of PHI.
Privacy After Death
Author: Hofman, Judi
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2013
Due to new HIPAA rules, HIM must strike an appropriate privacy balance when releasing decedent records
Surviving a CMS Security Investigation: A Real Life Experience
Author: Hofman, Judi
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 05, 2009
Hospitals and other healthcare organizations have heard of very few audits or investigations since the Piedmont Hospital audit in 2007. The “list” that was leaked gave a glimpse of technical reviews that appeared to be hands-on testing of systems for security compliance, but this was never con....
Surviving a CMS Security Investigation: Oregon Facility Shares an Early Look at the Process
Author: Hofman, Judi
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2009
Hospitals and other healthcare organizations are expecting greater scrutiny of their HIPAA compliance programs in 2009. Last year the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced plans to ramp up its HIPAA enforcement efforts even before an Office of Inspector General report chid....