Assignment:
Unit outcomes addressed in this discussion:
- Identify the various data sources that populate the electronic health record.
- Choose the appropriate field type for a data element.
- Discover threats to data integrity and validity.
Course outcome addressed in this discussion:
Examine the privacy and security considerations for safeguarding protected health information.
Discussion Topic: HIPAA Breaches
In practice for your next unit assignment, please participate in the following Discussion Board:
- Review suggested web sites on possible HIPAA Security Breaches
- You may wish to start your research by reviewing the websites found under the Reading tab and Web Reading under Unit 7.
- What kind of breaches have your discovered? From what entities?
- What kind of penalties are involved with the breaches? Do you feel they are fair? Not enough?
- Consider this discussion in the upcoming HIPAA Training presentation due in the next unit.
Initial Discussion posts should be in the range of 100 to 200 words. Responses to your classmates or instructor should be around 75 words.