Week 5 – Discussion 1 – Privacy and Security

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The HIPAA
privacy and security rules provide federal protection for individually
identifiable health information. Consider a physician practice that is
transitioning from being paper based to electronic medical records. The
receptionist area contains both hanging folders and the desktop computer on
which the practice management system runs. During the transition, a patient’s
health information (valued asset) will exist in two states: on paper in a
hanging folder and in an electronic record on a computer.

  • Identify
    and evaluate the risks for each state in terms of:
    • Threats
    • Vulnerabilities
    • Probability
      of a breach (low, medium, or high).
  • In
    your answer include a discussion of authentication, integrity, and
    accountability.


Guided response: Your initial
post should be a minimum of 200-250 words.

  • Utilize
    a minimum of two scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.
  • Sources
    should be cited in APA format, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • You
    must respond to at least two of your classmate’s posts by Day 7.
  • Your
    three required posts must be on three different days of the week.
  • After
    reading other initial posts, what are some other actions that would
    resolve privacy and security issues during the transition from paper to
    electronic health records.

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