Health Care Informatics

LESSON 5 Regulation of Health Care LEARNING OUTCOMES ______________________________________________________________________________

In this lesson, you will do the following:

Apply the protocols for medical privacy and confidentiality in federal law and demonstrate how

the laws are implemented by providers.

READINGS

The following reading assignments are for Lessons 5 through 8:

Gartee Text:

Chapter 3, pp. 42 - 73

Chapter 8, pp. 182 - 205

HIPPA:

www.cms.gov

ACTIVITIES / ASSESSMENTS

The following activities/assessments are for Lessons 5 through 8:

1. Read the assigned pages from the Gartee text.

2. Review the Lecture Notes and Unit 2 PowerPoint.

3. Participate in the weekly discussion question.

4. Complete the written assignment.

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS

Create a model privacy policy for a small Critical Access Hospital (CAH) that describes how

information is protected, when it will be released, and how the practice will protect the

information from unauthorized access. Review the information on the CMS website for HIPPA

and use the information for research on this subject. Feel free to access other information on the

Internet. Footnote your direct quotes or other use of the information using APA format.

PLEASE NOTE: All graded assignments for the lessons in this unit should be grouped together

and submitted as ONE document using the Assignment Submission form accessed from your

course homepage or http://www.sjcme.edu/gps/assignments.