Author: Gore, Glennda

Source: AHIMA Foundation

Publication Date: January 08, 2002

In an effort to comply with the upcoming HIPAA confidentiality requirements, McAlester Regional Health Center has begun to review all policies and procedures concerning patient confidentiality and data security. During this process, the use of language interpreters was identified as one a....

Author: Brandt, Mary D.

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: February 02, 2002

Since the final HIPAA privacy regulations were published, there’s been a lot of discussion about “minimum necessary” requirements. Under the regulations, healthcare providers and payers must make reasonable efforts to limit the use or disclosure of protected health information to the minimum....

Author: Marsh, Carmilla

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2002

Release of information is a perennial challenge for HIM professionals in all care settings. However, long-term care offers some special challenges, especially in the light of the HIPAA privacy rule published in December 2000 (with a compliance date of April 2003). This article reviews the basi....

Author: Amatayakul, Margret

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2002

An increasing number of healthcare workforce members are telecommuting. As transcriptionists, coders, customer service representatives, and others are working from home, many providers are weighing the benefits against potential privacy and security risks.

Who Is Working from Home....

Author: Odette, Rose

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: February 02, 2002

Security is not a new concept for health information management departments. The amazing thing about HIPAA is everyone seems to think security and patient medical information are new and difficult concepts. The fact of the matter is that there have been medical record laws on the books for ye....

Author: Wilder, Steven S.

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: March 02, 2002

Many of us who have been in health-care administration for more than a few years can remember a day when “securing medical records” meant enacting adequate control over who had keys to the record storage room, or perhaps an engineered access control system, and appropriate policies....

Author: AHIMA Staff

Source: AHIMA Q and A

Publication Date: March 02, 2002

Q: Does the individual to whom a patient has granted durable power of attorney for financial matters have the right to access and authorize use or disclosure of the patient’s protected health information (PHI) under HIPAA?


A: An individual granted durable power of attorney for....

Author: Amatayakul, Margret

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2002

Of all the components of HIPAA, physical security may be the most challenging and costly to address. After all, how do you move walls or create doors in open space? This article will show how physical security can be flexible, scalable, and reasonable for healthcare facilities.

What....

Author: Choy, Angela; Pritts, Joy; Goldman, Janlori

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2002

E-health—from basic health information Web sites to online consultations—is flourishing. And though the government is trying to protect consumers under the HIPAA privacy rule, many Web sites aren’t covered. In this article, privacy experts explain which Web sites are covered an....

Author: Levinson, Curtis K.S.

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: May 02, 2002

Chain of trust agreements (CTAs) have two separate components: law and technology. Though the legal and technical components function together, each requires individual subject matter expertise to correctly craft an effective CTA.
CTAs are of paramount importance to the healthcare commu....