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HIPAA Compliance Recommendation Plan and Compliance Training
Southern New Hampshire University
HIM-440: Management of Health Information Services
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HIPAA Compliance and Training Gateway Healthcare Systems in
The Gateway Healthcare Systems will be formed through the merger of St.
Catherine’s Medical Center, Hospital, and Hickman Community Hospital. St. Luke’s
However, the preliminary evaluation of the healthcare facilities has revealed that there
exist several gaps terms of compliance with necessary regulations and guidelines. The in
HIPAA compliance issues have been identified that a suitable working group be so can
formed that help addressing gaps and ensure that proper aining offered the can in tr is to
staff members.
HIPAA Issue
In each of the three hospitals there exist HIPAA issues that could affect Gateway
Healthcare Systems and its functioning. A key HIPAA issue that exists St. in Catherine’s
Medical Center the inappropriate discarding of patient information which could is
compromise the privacy and lead ir to their identification. This practice violate can patients’
right there as is a lack of safekeeping of their personal health information (PHI) (Ramjist
et al., 2018). Additionally, electronic devices like personal computers are not safely
handled by the staff. Hospital, two nurses were In St. Luke’s seen openly discussing a
patient prognosis. Furthermore, there was no systemat procedure store and manage’s ic to
patient health information the facility. the Hickman Community Hospital, the patients in In
