Reference no: EM133732350

Assessment Description

Health care systems must take every precaution to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of patient information. This includes complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) regulations.

Respond to the following prompts:

Describe the processes that health care organizations can use to secure electronic information in a computer network.

Evaluate the potential impact of cyberattacks on patient privacy, clinical outcomes, and the health care organization's financial resources.

• Identify the various user authentication methods that are utilized to help protect and secure a health care organization's network.

Discussion Board

Assessment Description

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) encourages collaboration across different disciplines to seek solutions that provide a culture of safety for patients. This collaboration must include informatics as part of the interprofessional team. Patient safety is always at the center of the design and adoption of any technology introduced in a patient care setting. Reflect on a recent patient situation and describe three communication tools that were used to provide quality care. How did these communication tools assist the interprofessional team in making decisions for the patient? Provide one example of how technology in this situation can be improved.