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Personal Genomic Information Management and Personalized Medicine: Challenges, Current Solutions, and Roles of HIM Professionals
Author: Alzu'bi, Amal; Zhou, Leming; Watzlaf, Valerie J.M.
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: April 2014
Abstract
In recent years, the term personalized medicine has received more and more attention in the field of healthcare. The increasing use of this term is closely related to the astonishing advancement in DNA sequencing technologies and other high-throughput biotechnologies. A l....
Protecting High-Stakes PHI: DS4P Healthcare Standards Enhance the Privacy of Sensitive Data
Author: Coleman, Johnathan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
Sensitive health information is not a rarity in the United States by any means, according to a recent Issue Brief published by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).1 In the brief, ONC estimated 26 percent of Americans age 18 and older are living with a mental health d....
Managing a Patient’s Right to Request Restrictions of Disclosures to Health Plans
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
Covered entities should already have in place the mechanisms for limiting PHI under minimum necessary policies and procedures. This Practice Brief provides guidance to assist organizations in complying with the 2013 HITECH-HIPAA Omnibus Rule’s new disclosure restriction requirements.
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....
Combating the Privacy Crime That Can KILL
Author: McNabb, Joanne; Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
A Massachusetts man who was turned down for a job discovered that there was a false diagnosis of severe depression in his medical record. He ultimately learned that the information had been entered by a psychiatrist who was submitting fraudulent bills to insurers.
Elsewher....
Top HITECH-HIPAA Compliance Obstacles Emerge: Analyzing lessons learned from six months of Omnibus Privacy Rule implementation efforts
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
Have a spare 32.8 million hours? The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sure hopes so.
As noted in the Federal Register, that figure is the total number of hours the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) estimated it would take all HIPAA-covered entities combined....
On the HIPAA Hook
Author: Hicks, Andrew
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
Some healthcare business associates are still asking if HITECH-HIPAA impacts them. The answer is just as important to their affiliated healthcare providers.
Thousands of companies are now legally obligated to comply with the HITECH-HIPAA regulations because of their busines....
ACA Raises Privacy, Security Concerns, Study Finds
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: May 01, 2014
While there was a slight decline in the number of healthcare data breaches in 2013, the risk of a breach event for a provider or one of their business associates is pervasive. This was one of the most notable findings in a recent Ponemon Institute webinar, “Affordable Ca....
Evolving ROI Specialists into Health Record Ambassadors
Author: Bowen, Rita K.; Smith, Alisha; Thomas, Keith W
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2014
Research and release of information (ROI) statistics confirm that more and more patients want access to their information, are requesting health records, and have started organizing their health histories. Trained ROI specialists are in high demand—receiving requests and helping pati....
Download Two Apps and Text Me in the Morning: Physicians are Increasingly Prescribing mHealth Apps, but Privacy and Security Worries Remain
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2014
While physicians are increasingly likely to pull out their prescription pad and say, in all earnestness, “There’s a new app for that,” recent research suggests the decision to do so is fraught. A survey of 1,500 physicians found that while 37 percent have prescribed an app, 42 percent ref....
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