DISCUSSION POST: Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: What are privacy and security audits in a health care organization? Why are audits important in maintaining the privacy and security of health care information networks? What are the potential conflicts of not having an audit schedule? Support your response with examples.
REPLIES: 100 WORDS MINIMUM - Dajauna Hood: Healthcare compliance audits play a vital role in upholding legal and regulatory standards within the industry. By conducting these privacy and security audit, organizations can assess their adherence to laws such as HIPPA (health insurance portability and accountability act) and OSHA (occupational safety and health act). A security audit works by testing whether your organization's information system are adhering to a set of internal or external criteria. For example an auditor may check to see if the company retains controls over electronic devices. A privacy audits are procedures to ensure that the companies goals and promises of privacy and confidentiality are supported and ran correctly and smoothly throughout the practice. Audits are important because you see if the patient and employees are being provided with standards and letting the organization know how well they are doing and what areas need to be worked on. By not having annual audits it can cause confusion on what is need for change and what are the strong points; also by not having them on a schedule it make room for hackers and other things we try to avoid such as: the patients information being leaked and anything that put not only the client but the company at risk
Marquita Taylor: Privacy and Security Audits in a health care organization include Security Assessments, which is a resource to ensure that organizations are following guidelines and that HIPPA Laws and Federal Regulations Audits are also in charge of ensuring that Electronic Patient Health Information is and stays Protected. Audits are important because they help identify the risk and take the appropriate measures to defend and execute the threat if needed , Audits also ensure that there is compliance. If there is not audit schedule in place there can be Security Gaps, which can cause patient information as well organization's to be a risk for data breaches. Which can lead to organizational Non-Compliance which can lead to Inefficiencies. Audits and schedules are put in place to help safeguard sensitive patient information as well as promote confidentiality which i believe is very important when it come to patient information as well as the organization. Patient Information should always be protected and secure system with guidelines put into place ensure that which i believe is great aspect for a health care organization.
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There are many benefits of networks in health care organizations. Employees can arrange meetings, share files, and perform their job duties on the network. It is important to understand the fundamentals of networks so that when issues arise, network technicians can quickly troubleshoot and fix them.
Imagine you are a network technician working for a health care organization. This can be an organization you work with, have read about in your research, or that you want to work with.
You have been tasked with creating a presentation for your department that describes the fundamentals of the network and the network model. This presentation should include detailed information, as it will serve as documentation to assist other network technicians in troubleshooting issues with the network.
Prepare a 10- to 12-slide presentation that focuses on the architecture of the network. This presentation must include a diagram of the network model.
Your presentation should cover the following:
o Presentation Introduction
o (1 slide) Title and Introduction
o Overview of the Network Model
o (2 slides) An illustrative diagram of the organization's network
o Section 1: Benefits of the Network
o (2 slides) Highlight the benefits of the network for the health care organization. Describe how the organization utilizes the network.
o Section 2: Network Hardware
o (3 slides) Describe the functions of each of the hardware components associated with the network. Include details about the importance of the hardware components and their relation to the other components of the network.
o Section 3: Troubleshooting and Support
o (2-4 slides) List steps that network technicians should use when networks are not functioning correctly.
o References
o (1 slide) Reference slide