Question

Describe the role of the HIM professional after medical identity theft has been discovered.

Answer 1

Answer :

Medical identity theft : it is defined as it is an illegally accessing of an client or patient personal identifiable information, to get or abtain, medical treatments or services.

The role of HIM professional after medical identity theft has been discovered :

* the main role is planning, collecting, aggregating, analysing, disseminating the individual patient and clinical data. And they are experts in managing and process an information system.

* first he has to observe the who has theft, and what are the sources used to theft that information.

* he is main responsible to maintain privacy to the client information.

* and he has to see the codes what are theft, and change the security passwords.

* and has to try to recollect that information.

* and provide strict rules and regulations to maintain privacy and confidentiality of the medical information, to the all the employees who are working in organization.

* set alarm system to identify this type of thefts.