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Shifting from Reactive to Proactive HIPAA Audits
Author: Brinda, Danika
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2016
Stories about workforce members inappropriately accessing health information continue to plague the Department of Health and Human Services’ Data Breach Portal—which lists US provider data breaches that affect more than 500 individuals. Recently two data breaches reported on th....
Information Governance for Offsite Data Security
Author: Saharia, Devendra
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2016
Disruptive technology can turn any industry on its head—virtually overnight. Just five years ago, summoning a taxi was an inefficient, time-consuming effort that often involved dialing up a dispatcher, who contacted a driver, who would then make their way to your location, perhaps in an h....
Guidelines for a Compliant Business Associate Agreement (2016)
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: October 2016
This update supersedes the November 2013 practice brief, Guidelines for a Compliant Business Associate Agreement.
The Privacy Rule portion of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) defines a "business associate (BA) as a person or entity that performs....
Using Aliases to Protect Privacy in Healthcare
Author: Barrett, Charlotte S; Beidler, Aurae; Davis, Nancy; Glondys, Barbara
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2016
Developing policies and standard procedures when working with patient aliases is one way to both respect patient privacy but also ensure the accuracy and integrity of patient data.
As defined in AHIMA’s Pocket Glossary, an “alias” is “a name added to,....
Are You Ready for a HIPAA Audit?
Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2017
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the new “External HIPAA Audit Readiness Toolkit” developed by AHIMA. The full toolkit is free for AHIMA members.
THE HITECH OMNIBUS Rule mandated that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) condu....
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