The document discusses several rules and responsibilities around protecting patient privacy and health information: - The HIPAA Privacy Rule protects identifiable health information. The HIPAA Security Rule sets standards for securing electronic health information. The Patient Safety Rule protects identifiable patient safety event information. - All staff are responsible for keeping patient information confidential when speaking, on phones, or electronic devices. Training modules are available on protecting privacy and all systems are monitored for issues. Staff should report any unlawful situations.

1. Chenita Robinson
MHA 690 -W1 D2
Dr. Sherrie Lu

2.  The HIPAA Privacy Rule
protects individual privacy of
identifiable health information;
 The HIPAA Security Rule sets
national standards for securing
electronic protected health
information;
 Confidentiality provisions of
the Patient Safety Rule protect
identifiable patient information
used to analyze and improve
patient safety events.

3.  Everyone is
responsible for being
committed to ethical
conduct, integrity in
our work, and
compliance with all
regulatory
requirements.

4.  Training modules
are available on
our websites for
all employees
and physician’s
reference.

5.  All staff members are
responsible for keeping
patient information
confidential when
speaking with
colleagues, talking on
the phone, and working
on electronic devices.

6.  All systems and
operations are
actively monitored
to detect signs of
misconduct and the
organization is
committed to
taking corrective
action as needed.

7.  It is everyone’s
responsibility to
report any
unlawful
situation(s) that
they are aware of.

8.  Wolper, L. F. (2011). Health care
administration: Managing organized delivery
systems (5th ed.). Boston: Jones and Barlett