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PRISM: Privacy Toolkit for Public Health Professionals
Author: Suarez, Walter G.; Hohner, Vicki; Public Health Data Standards Consortium
Source: External web site
Publication Date: July 26, 2007
PRISM is an electronic tool to provide state and local government health programs, and public health departments in particular, with a convenient way to understand basic legal privacy requirements for identifiable health information use and disclosure.
Guiding Privacy Decisions in an e-HIM Environment
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: August 2007
Technology facilitates the collection, management, sharing, and storing of health information. Yet we must ensure privacy and security of health information in order to ensure better usage. HIM professionals can use our skills and knowledge to help achieve solid footing on this issue. Who is le....
Emerging HIM Identity Ethical Issues
Author: Harman, Laurinda B.; Mullen, Virginia L.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 08, 2007
Introduction
This session will deal with four issues where “identity” is part of the ethical problem: medical identity theft; identity in the context of adoption and reproductive technologies; identity as it relates to genetic information; and, identity issues that co....
Release of Information: Strategies to Maximize Customer Service, Productivity, and Revenue
Author: Tooley, Patricia
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 10, 2007
Introduction
As the cost and complexity of healthcare spiral upward and scrutiny by regulatory agencies increase, the need to control operations and resources becomes increasingly apparent. Your Release of Information (ROI) department can leave you vulnerable and open to fines and pen....
Confusion Continues over HIPAA's Minimum Necessary Standards
Author: Hutchins, Sheri
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2007
Nearly five years after its implementation, HIPAA’s minimum necessary standards continue to be problematic for many organizations. A recent report released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality confirms the ongoing confusion over interpretation of the requirement.1
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Privacy in the Spotlight
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2007
Varying privacy practices that pose barriers to health information exchange are putting HIM concerns in the national spotlight.
The 35-year-old Minnesota woman’s winter vacation in the neighboring state of Wisconsin was going great, until her ski snapped and the accident happened. B....
Breaking Down Privacy and Security Barriers to HIE
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2007
As noted in the article “Confusion Continues over HIPAA Minimum Necessary Standards,” (J AHIMA, Nov-Dec 2007) the state-level research under the HISPC project identified a number of privacy and security barriers to health information exchange (HIE). Several reports came from this p....
Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies Under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003: Final Rule
Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: November 09, 2007
Sample Security Incident Response Report Form
Author: AHIMA Privacy and Security Practice Council (2007)
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2008
Damage of Medical Identity Theft
Author:
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2008
HIM Professionals “Single Most Important Group” in Finding Solutions
Medical identity theft can wreck the lives of its victims and cost healthcare organizations money and time. But HIM professionals can help mitigate this growing problem, according to Pam Dixon, executive director of....
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