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Topic: Real-World Case 9.1

AHIMA Competency ll.1:  Apply privacy strategies to health information

 

HIPAA privacy breaches are of great concern and they occur too frequently. Read the case study, p. 281, in your textbook and answer the questions below as numbered.

Picture of Case study from p.281 is below

 

1.  What steps could a privacy officer have taken to prevent this breach?

 

2. How would you have responded to the breach had it not been prevented at your healthcare organization?

 

3. Should small healthcare organizations be charged fines for non-compliance with HIPAA? Justify your response.