Privacy In Healthcare

Introduction
For someone in the HIM field it is a priority for the health information professional to be familiar with the implementation of information systems that document and retain health record information. With electronic health records and other information systems, access is available everywhere within and even outside the facility or organization. This can pose a threat to the care of implementing the protection of the patient’s electronic health record. However, due to these concerns federal laws has been enacted to prevent these attacks from occurring within the healthcare facility. Privacy and Security has always been a concern for a HIM professional. Privacy is defined as the quality or state of being hidden from, or undisturbed
The health information probability and accountability act has five sections that hold health professionals accountability. Title two: fraud and abuse /administrative simplification are in place to protect the security and privacy of their patients. Title two also improves the efficiency of the business process, which decrease cost. All health care facility has to meet the covered entities which includes a health plan, healthcare provider, and a healthcare clearinghouse. HIPAA address covered transactions such as claims, payments, eligibility, and more. However, there are some exceptions to the covered entity rule for the health care facilities that have less than twenty- five employees. HIPAA has put more emphasis on security and privacy which has changed the processes on how HIM professionals deal with patient’s health information. Transaction and code sets are rules that are another part of the HIPAA regulations which was designed to put a standard on the transactions performed by healthcare facilities, which affected the supply of electronic transactions. Another rule is the privacy rule which was put in place to control how PHI can be used by covered entities. Privacy and security was once taking care of the state level but this became a huge problem which cause the federal government to get involved. Even though, privacy and security has all ways been a priority it has become even more important that the HIM professional take the privacy and security of every patient with care and