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Sample (Chief) Privacy Officer Job Description [2001]
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA | AHIMA sample job description
Publication Date: June 2001
Position Title: (Chief) Privacy Officer1
Immediate Supervisor: Chief Executive Officer, Senior Executive, or Health Information Management (HIM) Department Head2
General Purpose: The privacy officer oversees all ongoing activities related to the development, implem....
Security Audits (2003 update)
Author: Hjort, Beth M.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 2003
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Security Audits of Electronic Health Information (2011 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: March 2011
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Seven Select Questions to Ask Your Privacy Officer (Or Yourself)
Author: Downing, Katherine
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
On January 25, 2013, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published the long-awaited HITECH-HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule in the Federal Register. As anticipated, the Omnibus Rule includes some of the most significant changes to patient priva....
Simple Steps to Tracking Disclosures
Author: Hughes, Gwen
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2002
The many exceptions to the HIPAA privacy rule’s accounting of disclosures standard make it difficult to determine what must be tracked. Although the rule gives patients the right to receive an accounting of disclosures of their health information, it lists several exceptions. This article....
Smart Training on Privacy and Security
Author: Bacik, Sandy
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2010
ARRA's modifications to the HIPAA privacy and security rules are setting off a new round of training in facilities large and small. Trainers must fit the new training into existing schedules that already include organizational policies and procedures, HIPAA, and other regulations such as the R....
Smart Training on Privacy and Security (expanded version)
Author: Bacik, Sandy
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2010
There is plenty of privacy and security training to be done, and many trainers struggle to get resources from their organizations and attention from their audiences. Sandy Bacik, CISSP, ISSMP, CISM, CGEIT, is a principal consultant at EnerNex and a former chief security officer. Here she o....
Sorting Out Employee Sanctions
Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2003
Has your organization addressed sanctions related to privacy and security issues? Both the final privacy rule and final security rule address this issue. The privacy rule states that the covered entity must “have and apply appropriate sanctions against members of its workforce who fail to....
Special Considerations for Business Associate Agreements: Substance Abuse Treatment, Federal Law Present Challenges
Author: Haines, Pamela T.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2004
If you are writing business associate agreements for a healthcare provider these days, you have probably discovered there are often no magic words or formulas that will produce an agreement. Although sample forms available from various sources may be helpful, generally no two business associat....
Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Info; Proposed Rule
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Source: Federal Register
Publication Date: March 27, 2002
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