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Personal information or healthcare data that could identify an individual. This information is protected and defined by HIPAA's Privacy Rule.

Protects all "individually identifiable health information" held or transmitted in any form or medium, whether electronic, paper, or oral.

Delineates it further to include information that identifies the individual (e.g., name, address, birth date, and Social Security number) or for which a reasonable basis exists to believe the information can be used to identify the individual as it relates to the following:

• The individual's past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition
• The provision of healthcare to the individual
• The past, present, or future payment for the provision of healthcare to the individual.

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Lesson 1: Introduction to HIPAA & HIT

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HIPAA stands for

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HIPAA includes standards that specifically protect both the privacy and security of

PHI

What is the goal of HIPAA?

Safeguard PHI without slowing the flow of information needed to provide quality health care

HITECH stands for

Health Information Technology

The HITECH Act strengthens HIPAA by adding ______________ and _______________
to privacy and security laws to assure compliance in keeping client's PHI safe and secure.

-More Rules
-Stricter Penalties

HIPAA's Privacy Rule protects all individually identifiable health information by protecting:

a) Client health information

b) A clients right to access and make changes to their information

c) A clients right to know who is accessing their medical information

The Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) outlines how a client's information can be

Used or Disclosed

Define PHI:

Any health information regarding treatment which contains information that can reasonably identify the client

Check the following pieces of information that can be considered PHI:

-Client's name
-Social Security Number
-Address
-Facial photograph

De-identification is the

Removal of all identifying information

The Security Rule applies specifically to

ePHI

The Security Rule covers the following 3 areas:

-Administrative
-Physical
-technical

Define the following:

-Administrative
-Physical
-Technical

ADMINISTRATIVE-Actions, policies, and procedures used to manage security measures

PHYSICAL-The physical measures, policies, and procedures to protect electronic information systems from natural and environmental hazards as well as unauthorized intrusion. This includes location of facility.

TECHNICAL-The technology and policies and procedures for its use that protect and control access to ePHI.

The two types of HIPAA violations are:

-Unintentional
-Intentional

Give an example of a purposeful violation:

A nurse giving out the personal information such as the address of a patient

How many people must be impacted for the Department of Health and Human Services to be notified immediately?

500

There are ____ levels of fault.

4

Number the levels of fault:

____ Occurs when the breach was the result of willful neglect, but the violation was corrected
within 30 days of discovery.
____ Occurs when a covered entity followed all its own policies and procedures for PHI, but a
breach still occurred.
____ Occurs when the breach was the result of reasonable cause but not willful neglect.
____ Highest level of fault, which occurs when the violation was the result of willful neglect
and was not corrected within 30 days of discovery.

-3
-1
-2
-4

Define covered entity

Health care providers, facilities, and any related employees and staff

Define reasonable cause

Is the facts or circumstances that could lead a reasonable person to believe that violation had occurred

Define willful neglect

The conscious or intentional failure to perform a duty due to negligence

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