Training for Employees

1. Patient Confidentiality:
MHA 690 Health Care Capstone
Instructor: Hwang-Ji Lu
September 26,2013
William Vaughn II

2.  Confidentiality of Medical Records
 Secured information when used by authorized
personnel.
 Proper notification to internal and external
parties if the system has been breached.

3. • Federal protection of individual health information
whether written, electronic, or oral.
• DHHS Office for Civil Rights enforces privacy
standards.
• Accountability for breaches in data secured by
corporate entities.
• CMS enforces security standards

4.  Use common sense and logic with personal
information , never release any information
without informed consent of the patient (in
writing)
 Make sure the portal when viewing data is
properly logged on and off.
 Keep all personal information that is related to
patient secure and confidential at all times

5.  four categories of violations that reflect
increasing levels of culpability;
 four corresponding tiers of penalties that
significantly increase the minimum penalty
amount for each violation; and
 a maximum penalty amount of $1.5 million for
all violations of an identical provision.

6.  Every week the team leader will conduct
hourly seminars on how to by more effective
and aware of confidentiality.
 Questions and Answers period where we talk
as a group on better security and training
programs to evolve.
 Monthly literature on HIPAA and how to
secure information in the information age.

7.  Freeman, G. (2013). Does the new HIPPA rule
apply to you? Target Marketing, 36(5), 10.
Retrieved from
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1370707
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 U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. 2013. Health Information Privacy.
Retrieved from
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/index.html