Assume that an outbreak of Influenza A occurred among 400 residents of a New York Nursing Home during December 2006 and January 2007, despite the vaccination of 375 of them between mid-October and mid-November of 2006. The residents, 70% of whom were female, had a mean age of 85 years and shared common recreational and […]

(TCO 9) Which of the following should be included within your training and awareness strategy? A strategy to use marketing techniques to raise training budget. An identification of states to create preemption procedures. A procedure for measuring the overall effectiveness of the awareness and education program. A procedure for answering complaints related to HIPAA compliance. […]

Course Project: Privacy Officer Assessment Objective Project RequirementsThe objective of the course project is to tie together all the TCOs in a comprehensive manner, while giving students the chance to take on the role of Privacy Officer. Hospital BackgroundFor your course project, you will play the role of a Privacy Officer. You have been asked […]

Assignment: Standard Operation Procedure – Emergency Preparedness What will you do in the event of a disaster? This week, you will examine your home environment to identify what types of disasters can affect your life. To find out how to create your Emergency Preparedness Standard Operating Procedures, .equella.ecollege.com/file/5c8a7eda-a7be-4e17-a8e2-1c7bba671fe1/1/documents–HIM_370_Emergency_Preparednesst.docx”>view theEmergency Preparedness document. You can also find […]

This week, you will develop a checklist for the Privacy Officer to use during walkthroughs of the healthcare organization. Upon implementing this new process, you will also need to convey this process to the employees. For more instructions on this assignment, .equella.ecollege.com/file/f71d7824-4efe-47b8-9cc5-435b642a26bf/1/documents–HIM_370_Privacy_Compliance_Checklist.docx”>view the Privacy Compliance Checklist. You can also find the instructions in Doc Sharing. […]

(TCO 4) A gap analysis and risk analysis should be performed to: determine current and baseline compliance status. determine baseline and monetary compliance. determine PHI standards. INCORRECT determine risk level. None of the above Question 2. Question : (TCO 4) The Security Rule requires healthcare managers to perform an initial risk analysis to determine which […]

You will be given a set of anticipated threats. You will then be asked to discuss potential controls and any breach of confidentiality activities. Based on this information, you will create a risk analysis and plan. For more instructions, .equella.ecollege.com/file/7853a732-53cd-4204-bb52-9ff3c6e8b0d8/1/documents–HIM370_Risk_Analysis_Assignment.docx”>view the Risk Analysis Assignment document. You can also find the instructions in Doc Sharing. Submit […]

You will be given a policy format and some security issues which should be addressed by a policy. Based on your review, you will rewrite the policy, develop a plan for addressing the security issues through policy, and develop a plan for communicating the policy. For more instructions and to view policy, .equella.ecollege.com/file/3420f547-db5b-4278-b16e-caeab60ce763/1/documents–HIM_370_Policy_Analysis_Assignment.docx”>review the Policy […]

Assignment: Position Description Analysis Your homework for this week will be a Position Description Analysis (30 points). Using outside resources, such as AHIMA (.ahima.org/”>www.ahima.org), IAPP (.privacyassociation.org/”>www.privacyassociation.org), or a local or national newspaper (.usatoday.com/”>www.usatoday.com, .nytimes.com/”>www.nytimes.com, etc.), find either position descriptions or vacancy announcements. You should find a position description or vacancy announcement for both a Privacy […]

Week 1 discussion Privacy and Security Officer (graded) Compare and contrast the difference between the Privacy, Security, and Compliance Officer. HIPAA (graded) What was the intent behind HIPAA? Week 2 disn Notice of Privacy Practices (graded) What patient rights are identified in a Notice of Privacy Practices? Which right under HIPAA do you consider the […]