Library Research Assignment
Chief executive officer (CEO) Beranger wants to ensure that the current regulations and requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Security and Privacy Rules will be met as she continues to move Silver Creek Hospital towards a culture of eHealth beyond the implementation of an electronic health record system to the integration of telemedicine and data mining. She asks that you compose a report of 3?4 pages that includes the following information:
Describe the objectives of the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules. Discuss how HIPAA attempts to safeguard protected health information (PHI). Explain how abiding by HIPAA rules and regulations may challenge the ethics of health care professionals. Discuss the limitation of HIPAA and the ethical issues related to the use of electronic health data for research and development of evidencebased practice guidelines.
Assignment Objectives
Apply ethical principles to situations which challenge one?s own principles. Describe basic ethical issues which healthcare professionals encounter in their areas of work. Prepare students to take the HIPAA Awareness certification exam.
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Type: Individual Project Unit: Rules, Regulations, and Accountability Due Date: Wed,2/27/19 Grading Type: Numeric Points Possible: 100 Points Earned: Deliverable Length: 3?4 pages at least 2 scholarly resources, WRITTEN IN APA 6TH EDITION
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