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HITECH, an abbreviation of The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, is a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was introduced when President Obama was still in office. The act was signed in use on February 17, 2009, by the president (Carrington et al., 2018).

The HITECH Act was introduced to promote and ensure the expansion of healthcare of information technology, primarily electronic health records (EHRs). HITECH also revised the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This ensured that firms linked to HIPAA complied with the regulations and that notices were given to affected individuals when health data was breached (Tolentino et al., 2021). Stricter fines for HIPAA conformity infractions were also adopted to provide extra motivation for healthcare organizations and their professional networks to act per the HIPAA rules regarding privacy and security (Tolentino et al., 2021).

Personal health information (PHI) is also greatly influenced by The HITECH Act since nurses are repeatedly engaged in transferring personal health data. Essential responsiveness of the new security standards associated with the HITECH Act is critical. All PHI has to be encrypted (before transmission) (Davlyatov et al., 2020). The HITECH Act forced nurses to adopt EHRs while improving security and privacy measures for patient records through monetary incentives for EHR approval and increased penalties for violating rules of privacy and security of the HIPAA Act.

An emergency department nurse, for example, must transmit medical necessity evidence to a patient's insurance provider to confirm the need for extra tests to be performed on that patient. When communicating protected health information, the nurse must guarantee that the data is encrypted so that it cannot be read by an unauthorized person (Davlyatov et al., 2020). Furthermore, the healthcare organization should protect data transfer and assure encryption and message integrity. The company must also provide ongoing education on HIPAA and the new security regulations relating to the HITECH Act and the repercussions of noncompliance.

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Carrington, J. M., Nicolette, Angela, C. R., Katherine, D. M., Galatzan, B. J., & Nibelink, C. P. (2018). Nursing informatics year in review 2017 : Nursing administration quarterly. LWW. https://journals.lww.com/naqjournal/Citation/2018/04000/Nursing_Informatics_Year_in_Review_2017.15.aspx

Davlyatov G., Lord, J., Ghiasi, A., & Maldonado, R. W. (2020, May 20). ResearchGate | Find and share research. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ganisher-Davlyatov/publication/352448207_Association_between_electronic_health_record_use_and_quality_of_care_in_high_Medicaid_nursing_homes/links/60d4b30f299bf1ea9eba5293/Association-between-electronic-health-record-use-and-quality-of-care-in-high-Medicaid-nursing-homes.pdf

 

 

Clara Pena Espinosa

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The HITECH Act-- or Health Information Technology for Economic as well as Clinical Wellness Act-- is part of an economic stimulation package presented during the Obama administration: The American Healing as well as Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The Act was authorized right into regulation by Head of state Barack Obama on February 17, 2009 (Lin, Lin, & Chen, 2019). The HITECH Act was created to promote and increase the adoption of wellness information technology, especially, the use of electronic health documents (EHRs) by doctor. The Act also got rid of loopholes in the Health and wellness Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) by tightening up the language of HIPAA. This helped to guarantee that service associates of HIPAA covered entities were complying with HIPAA Policies as well as notifications were sent to influenced people when health details was jeopardized (Lin, Lin, & Chen, 2019). Harder charges for HIPAA conformity failures were additionally presented to add an extra reward for healthcare organizations and also their organization links to adhere to the HIPAA Personal Privacy and also Protection Policy.

Prior to the intro of the HITECH Act in 2008, only 10% of hospitals had actually embraced EHRs. In order to development medical care, boost efficiency and also treatment control, and also make it simpler for health and wellness details to be shared in between various covered entities, digital health and wellness documents needed to be embraced. While lots of healthcare providers wished to change to EHRs from paper documents, the cost of making such a change was excessively costly. The HITECH Act presented motivations to urge health centers and other doctor to make the change (Kim, & Lee, 2020). Had the Act not been passed, numerous healthcare providers would certainly still be utilizing paper documents. The Act enhanced the rate of fostering of EHRs from 3.2% in 2008 to 14.2% in 2015 (Eskew, 2019). By 2017, 86% of office-based physicians had actually taken on an EHR as well as 96% of non-federal intense care health centers has actually executed qualified health IT (Eskew, 2019). The HITECH Act also assisted to make certain health care companies as well as their organization associates were adhering to the HIPAA Personal Privacy as well as Safety Policy, were implementing safeguards to keep wellness information personal and also confidential, limiting usages and also disclosures of health information and were recognizing their obligation to supply people with duplicates of their medical records on request. The Act did not make conformity with HIPAA required as that was currently a requirement, yet it did ensure that entities found not to be in compliance could be issued with a substantial fine.

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Lin, Y. K., Lin, M., & Chen, H. (2019). Do electronic health records affect quality of care? Evidence from the HITECH Act.

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