Question

You are managing a health care organization's operational unit and a major HIPAA compliance issue occurred in which outbound faxes have been sent to 200 incorrect numbers. Who should you involve on your team? Explain the level of concern for this violation.

Answer 1

Ans.) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is implemented to protect the personal identifiable health information of patients and specifically dictate to providers how such information may be used. HIPAA has been in effect for about a decade. As per HIPAA guidelines, every organization needs to appoint a team who are concerned with regulating any compliance issues that occur. Therefore, in this case, the compliance team should have hire a team of professionally experienced practitioners with all the essential knowledge to handle such situation. The team will responsible to maintain and monitor the transformation of information.

It is the violation of privacy of patients. It is one of the major offences in medical field. It is prerequisite to deal this matter with lots of precaution and concern.