HI150 Automation of Health Information

Unit outcomes addressed in this discussion:

• Identify the various data sources that populate the electronic health record.
• Choose the appropriate field type for a data element.
• Discover threats to data integrity and validity.

Course outcome addressed in this discussion:

HI150-3: Examine the privacy and security considerations for safeguarding protected health information.

Discussion Topic: HIPAA Breaches

In practice for your next unit assignment, please participate in the following Discussion Board:

• Review suggested web sites on possible HIPAA Security Breaches
• You may wish to start your research by reviewing the websites found under the Reading tab and Web Reading under Unit 7.
• What kind of breaches have your discovered? From what entities?
• What kind of penalties are involved with the breaches? Do you feel they are fair? Not enough?
• Consider this discussion in the upcoming HIPAA Training presentation due in the next unit.

Discussion responses should be on topic, original, and contribute to the quality of the Discussion by making frequent informed references to lesson materials and Seminars. Review the Discussion grading rubric located in the Course Resources.

Initial Discussion posts should be in the range of 100-200 words. Responses to your classmates or instructor should be around 75 words.

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