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Electronic medical records (EMRs) digitize patient health information, maintaining privacy while reducing costs. However, EMRs also present security, usability, and financial risks if not properly controlled. Under HIPAA, EMRs require stringent access, authentication, storage, transmission, and auditing standards to protect confidential patient data. Key controls focus on ensuring data confidentiality, integrity, and availability through administrative, physical and technical safeguards.
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- 1. ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS By Group 5 members: Kinal Patel David A. Ronca Tolulope Oke
- 2. CONTENT • BACKGROUND • RISKS • CONTROLS
- 3. DEFINITION •“An electronic medical record (EMR) is a digital version of a paper chart that contains all of a patient's medical history from one practice.”
- 4. BENEFITS OF EMR • EMR maintains patient privacy • Fewer forms to fill out during a visit. • Fewer repetitive questions- regarding past medical history. • Reduces cost of Healthcare.
- 5. RISKS: SECURITY • Risk of inappropriate access • Unauthorized user access • Data breaches • Risk of record loss due to natural disasters • Risk of record tampering • Back dating • Fraudulent entries, or other modifications
- 6. RISKS: USABILITY • Multiple screens and mouse clicks • Alert fatigue • Standardization • can lead to mindless repetition of entries rather than thoughtful documentation. • Lack of uniform communication standards for systems
- 7. RISKS: LOGISTICS AND COST • System inefficiency • Obsolete Technology • Huge Financial cost
- 8. HIPAA • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) • Passed in the US in 1996 • Establishes rules for access, authentications, storage and auditing, and transmittal of electronic medical records • Restrictions for electronic records more stringent than those for paper records. • Concerns as to the adequacy of these standards
- 9. • PHI protected information under this act are: • Information doctors and nurses input into the electronic medical record • Conversations between a doctor and a patient that may have been recorded • Billing information • Under this act there is a limit as to how much information can be disclosed, and as well as who can see a patients information. Patients also get to have a copy of their records if they desire, and get notified if their information is ever to be shared with third parties • Covered entities may disclose protected health information to law enforcement officials for law enforcement purposes as required by law (including court orders, court-ordered warrants, subpoenas) and administrative requests; or to identify or locate a suspect, fugitive, material witness, or missing person • Medical and health care providers experienced 767 security breaches resulting in the compromised confidential health information of 23,625,933 patients during the period of 2006–2012 HIPAA (2)
- 10. The core of implementing controls in Electronic Medical Records center on ensuring the security and privacy of patients’ health information and records under the following key categories: • Confidentiality: Patients should have the right to decide who can examine and alter what part of their medical records • Integrity: Complete and accurate records • Availability: Ensuring patients' access to their complete medical information while protecting their privacy These fall under the auspice of key areas in Information Security IMPLEMENTING EMR CONTROLS
- 11. • Administrative safeguards • Policies and procedures to protect the security, privacy, and confidentiality patients’ PHI (Personal Health Information) • Required by both the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the HIPAA Security Rule • Physical safeguards • measures to protect the hardware and the facilities that store PHI • Includes: • Facility access control • Workstation use • Workstation security • Device and media controls EMRs: Controls
- 12. • Technical safeguards Safeguards that are built into your health IT system to protect health information and to control access to it Includes: • Access Controls • Audit Controls • Integrity • Person or entity authentication • Transmission security EMRs: Controls(2)
- 13. • Establish a security framework • Data Encryption (stored and in transit) • Controlled Interoperability • Access Control Lists • Trainings for EMR staff Conclusion
Editor's Notes
- the United States, information in electronic medical records is referred to as Protected Health Information (PHI) and its management is addressed under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as well as many local laws