Question

1. Discuss scenarios that contribute to health care organizations assigned as a high, medium, or low formality.

2. Why are codes of conduct relevant, particularly within a health care facility?

3. Identify the physical and technical safeguards the HIPAA Security Rule has deemed necessary for covered entities to be compliant and to communicate securely. Give examples of breaches. How should they have been handled? Do you think the intervention was effective?

Answer 1

1. The scenarios that contribute to health care organisation as a high is when there is issue with airway, breathing and circulation. Eg cardiac arrest, emergency cabg

Medium formality were the situation is not much fatal but may be complicated Eg. 2nd post op day, post angiography.

Low formality wereby can be done with no much urgency a example would be changing of bedspread of patient who came for an observation.

2. Code of conduct is very important and relevant on the health care setting a boundary for health care practice abiding and following the set of standard norms which would be helping them to maintain proper individual practice.

3. HIPPAS physical safeguards would help in covering the entity's information not to be stolen which involves some measures such as security systems, cctv surveillance, the door and window locks, location of server and computer, policies and procedures on mobile devices removing some location.

The technical safeguard refers to the technology and related factors to protect the data from accessing unauthorisingly. The entity must be safeguarded In an very well organised manner. The entity to be monitored with high range of technology using covering all the entities.

The examples of breaches are:* exposing workers to high excessive loud noise.

* working at heights were risk is not controlled

*allowing unknown user to use it

The above can be handled by setting the policies in an organisation wereby safety and security given Educating the workers regarding safety measures and emergency actions which has to be taken . The interventiom would be effective if all the procedures are followed.