Paper Assignment
Length: 3 to 5 pages.
Scenario: You are speaking in a meeting with the hospital compliance officer and the hospital representative for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) team, and have been asked "How will we maintain patient privacy with our documents on the Internet?"
Use the university library, journals, and your experience to create a strategic plan for a 200-bed acute care facility that considers possible data privacy breaches and proposes effective methods to avoid them. Additionally, explain what is required by the Joint Commission, the Health Information on Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, and the HIPAA regulations that must be followed for the protection of individually identifiable health information.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.