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Assignment:
Part 1:
1. What type of ongoing educational activities would you provide for the workforce of your organization to facilitate compliance with the HIPAA privacy rule? Who would be included in these educational activities?
2. As the privacy officer for a covered entity, you are aware that protected health information has been accessed by an unauthorized individual. What type of analysis will you conduct to determine whether it constitutes a "breach" under HIPAA?
Part 2:
Visit the OIG website below which lists breaches impacting 500 or more people :
Answer the following questions based on the table provided.
1. What is the number one type of data breach?
2. What is the largest number of individuals impacted by a single breach, what was the breach, and by what organization?
3. In 2010 Knox Community Hospital in Ohio had a breach. How many individuals were impacted and what was the breach?
4. How many total breaches affecting 500 or more people have occurred in Ohio?
5. Laptop theft from Ohio Health Plans (6/3/11) resulted in a breach for how many people?
Part 3:
1. Conduct an Internet search to identify two cases where organizations and/or individuals have been penalized for improperly accessing patient information. These may be cases of PHI breaches of celebrities and other high-profile individuals or not. Provide a link to your site along with a synopsis of the cases and resulting penalties incurred.
2. Catholic Healthcare hired Ron to review the security policies and procedures related to employee selection and termination. Ron has been instructed to meet with the HIM director and determine where the HIM department may have additional requirements for its remote coding staff.
3. For which of the administrative safeguards should Ron expect to see policies or procedures relating to the HIM department?
4. Which of the physical safeguards apply to the remote coders?
5. Which of the technical safeguards may apply to the remote coders?
6. What other risks should the HIM director address?
Note: Please answer all the questions and include your Work Cited!