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Tackling the Training Mandate: How to Get Your Work Force Privacy Training Under Control and Under Way
Author: Nutten, Sandra
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2003
One of the privacy rule’s biggest tasks is work force training. In this article, we offer helpful tips for getting started and staying on track.
Training your work force on the HIPAA privacy rule isn’t only federal law—it’s the foundation on which the entire orga....
Compliance: Offense Is the Best Defense
Author: Nika Lee, Sister M.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 1999
Growing up in southern Indiana—the heart of basketball country—one of the earliest things I learned was that the best defense is a good offense. That piece of wisdom applies to many situations, including the defensive environment of healthcare today, as our government takes initiativ....
Blue-ribbon Approach to Compliance
Author: Meaney, Mark E.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2001
The seeds of today’s compliance movement were first sown 60 years ago in a one-car shed in Palo Alto, CA. With a mere $538 in start-up capital, Bill Hewlett and David Packard launched a high-tech revolution and created a bellwether of the modern economy when they founded Hewlett-Packard (HP).
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Taking the Lead in Compliance Education
Author: Manning, Susan C.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2000
Voluntarily developed and implemented compliance programs for the healthcare industry are the continual goal of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services. The OIG recognizes that when a healthcare provider establishes an effective compliance plan....
Coding in the World of Compliance: the OIG's Perspective
Author: Lemanski, Susan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 1999
As statistics from a recent survey attest,1 compliance programs are on the forefront of many providers' agendas. In the wake of compliance program guidances2 issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services, many healthcare providers have devoted a....
New International Standard for Health Information Privacy Workforce Education
Author: Lee, Mee Jeong; Kim, Yeaeun; Kim, Ok-nam
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2016
Maintaining the privacy of personal health information (PHI) is important whenever information is gathered, be it for the primary purpose of delivering healthcare, or secondary uses such as clinical research and population health. According to the International Organization for Standardiza....
Champions for Consistency
Author: Jeffries, Jane
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2003
Wouldn’t it be helpful to know how your peers at healthcare organizations throughout your state are handling HIPAA? Even better, wouldn’t it be helpful for the healthcare consumers in your state to encounter consistent behavior at each facility they visit?
Thanks to the Ten....
Answering the Call: Meeting Medical Privacy Training Requirements
Author: Hubbartt, William S.
Source: In Confidence (newsletter)
Publication Date: March 02, 2003
Over the past two years, health information managers have been involved in planning and implementing workplace changes in anticipation of the medical privacy requirements of HIPAA. One of those compliance requirements is to provide employee training.
Organizations subject to HIPAA must....
HIPAA Privacy and Security Training (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.
HIPAA Privacy and Security Training (2002)
Author: Hjort, Beth M.
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2002
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
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