HIPAA Research Paper
HIPAA:
HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This act was enacted in 1996 and some of the main objectives are:
1. Protect the privacy of the person health related information.
2. Combat fraud and the abuse of in the health insurance and simplifying the administration of the health insurance.
3. Improve health care access, portability and renewability or continuity of health coverage when the employer change jobs.
Some of the important provision of HIPAA are:
1. It requires the health care providers to give individuals notice of their rights and also inform them how their health information will be used and disclosed
2. It grants individuals the right to request a copy of their records and request updates to …show more content…
Real time issue disclosures. Hospitals should define and address the conflict of interest disclosure statement and it should have a clear definition of the conflict of interest.
PCI DSS:
It stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. It is a set of rules, policies and procedures that must be followed by all the companies that accept the credit card transactions to avoid fraudulent transactions and protect the personal information of the card holder.
In the health care industry, many patients make card payments. It is very important that they protect and secure the cardholder data. Hackers will try to enter the organization through vulnerabilities in an application, network or a system. It is important that they are secured. The main objectives are:
1. Protect the card holder data where ever and whatever form it is stored.
2. All the systems and networks used in hospitals should be protected against hackers by consistently scanning the network for systems and networks for threats and using appropriate and updated anti-virus and anti-malware applications.
3. Strict polices and procedures should be followed to access the systems where the payment data is stored and access to those systems should be
HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This act was enacted in 1996 and some of the main objectives are:
1. Protect the privacy of the person health related information.
2. Combat fraud and the abuse of in the health insurance and simplifying the administration of the health insurance.
3. Improve health care access, portability and renewability or continuity of health coverage when the employer change jobs.
Some of the important provision of HIPAA are:
1. It requires the health care providers to give individuals notice of their rights and also inform them how their health information will be used and disclosed
2. It grants individuals the right to request a copy of their records and request updates to …show more content…
Real time issue disclosures. Hospitals should define and address the conflict of interest disclosure statement and it should have a clear definition of the conflict of interest.
PCI DSS:
It stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. It is a set of rules, policies and procedures that must be followed by all the companies that accept the credit card transactions to avoid fraudulent transactions and protect the personal information of the card holder.
In the health care industry, many patients make card payments. It is very important that they protect and secure the cardholder data. Hackers will try to enter the organization through vulnerabilities in an application, network or a system. It is important that they are secured. The main objectives are:
1. Protect the card holder data where ever and whatever form it is stored.
2. All the systems and networks used in hospitals should be protected against hackers by consistently scanning the network for systems and networks for threats and using appropriate and updated anti-virus and anti-malware applications.
3. Strict polices and procedures should be followed to access the systems where the payment data is stored and access to those systems should be