It128 Health Care Research Paper

IT128 Health Care Information Systems Assignment# 1
Troy Kapaun
Kaplan University

IT128 Health Care Information Systems Assignment# 1 Health Care Information Systems & The laws, regulations, and standards, that relate to it. By Troy Kapaun
On September 27, 2007 the actor George Clooney from films Ocean 11, Burn after reading, and Men who stare at Goats was taken to a New Jersey Hospital. He was taken along with his girlfriend Sarah Larson as the result of a motorcycle accident.

On October 10th 2007 after an internal hospital investigation it was decided. Twenty seven hospital employees would be suspended for a month without pay for privacy violations. The employees had given information to the media regarding
Such information should be available only to the physician of record and other health care and insurance personnel as necessary. Privacy is an individual’s constitutional right to be left alone, to be free from unwarranted publicity, and to conduct his or her life without its being made public. The name of the government agency in charge of making the rules and standards regarding the protection of a patient’s health information is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPPA as it is more commonly known. Before HIPAA there really were no safeguards except the oath of Doctor patient confidentiality. This left patients who felt violated against to seek legal action. These legal actions shattered confidence between Doctors and patients. This also wasted time and money with court costs. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 require all professionals and organizations to guard the privacy of their patients and customers. Individuals must provide written consent for any and all releases of medical or health-related information. A health organization consists of all hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, clinics, and private
How can you protect a patient’s health records? We have passwords on computers, training of employees to not discuss patients, and only release information after receiving a signed consents but it that enough? Obviously that is not enough since we are all taking a class to learn how to properly safe guard patients records. This is a very complex problem. There are in some cases delays in proper medical care due to HIPPA. There are instances where a Doctor needs access to medical records quickly. Having HIPPA has fused the Medical and Information Technologies fields together.
When patient records were recorded only on paper it was much easier to identify and protect records. However, with records now stored and accessed electronically health care protection of records have to change. Along with HIPPA health organizations also have to be licensed. Licensure is the process that gives a facility the legal approval to operate. Each state set up its own rules and oversees the licensure of its health care facilities. In order for a healthcare organization to participate in the Federal Medicare and Medicaid programs. These organizations must also be certified. In order to become certified the health care organization must be reviewed and meet minimum