Question

What policies and procedures are necessary for compliance with the HIPAA security rule?

Why is knowledge of the HIPAA security rule important for HIIM professionals?

Answer 1

1. HIPAA is a recent federal laws offer protection related to patient information. HIPAA Security Rule Policies and Procedures are to be tailored depending on the requirement of an organizations. It gives Covered Entities and shows flexibility to implement provisions of HIPAA. To meet the appropriate compliance in HIPAA security rules and procedures, they must need the following: a) standards b) implementation specification and c) other requirements of the section. It is true that, this section of HIPAA security rules and proceure stands at the 5th place among 7 other Covered Entities. The requirement needed for other section shows a flexibility approach because of the uniqueness of each healthcare organization in the implementation of the security standards.

2. a) HIM (Health Information Management) professionals are responsible for improving the quality of healthcare by providing the best information available for developing a healthcare decision. b) They acquire, analyze and protect digital and traditional medical data effective to provide quality care to the patients. In addition to this, they are also in charge of planning, collection of data, analyzing and disseminating of clinical data too. c) They are well educated in the field and ensures privacy and security. In detail, they plan and implement to keep the organization in compliance to avoid a) monetary b) reulatory c) criminal nd d) penalities. d) It also paly a pivotal role in covered entities approaches to data security especially HIPAA compliance.