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HA207 Module 4 Assignment: Case Studies
Directions: Read each case study below and respond to the questions in the tables. Your responses should be substantive and demonstrate clear understanding of the content.
Case 2-24. Security Measures for Access to Protected Health Information
Your healthcare organization recently had a privacy violation. Terry, a former employee, was terminated six weeks ago. Apparently, Terry held a grudge against the hospital for firing him, so he logged into the radiology information system, downloaded PHI from 1,000 patients, and then posted the information on his personal website.
One of the current employees, Sean, who knew Terry, just happened to visit Terry’s website to see if it said what he was doing now. Sean saw an inflammatory
story about the hospital and some PHI posted on Terry’s website. Sean immediately reported the breach to the healthcare organization’s privacy and security officers.
What are the legal issues involved in this situation?
What are the steps this healthcare organization needs to take during its investigation?
What type of breach reporting is needed?
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Case 2-36. Contingency Planning
You work in a healthcare organization that was affected by a recent flood. You were more fortunate than most because only your basement was flooded. The problem is that the data center was in the basement. The data on the computers has been completely lost because the computers were destroyed. Unfortunately, the back-up tapes were located in the room next to the data center and were also
destroyed.
Fortunatel, the HIM department, is on the second floor and the health records are
intact. Although the lab, radiology, dictated reports, and nursing notes were electronic, the reports had been printed out and filed in the health record. The HIM director has been trying for a year to get the information system department
to develop a contingency plan because of the CFO’s decision to stop filing the reports that are stored electronically. The information system staff had not recognized the need for the contingency plan, but the flood was the catalyst that convinced them.
What should be done to ensure that the healthcare organization will not lose any information if another flood hits the area? Include both contingency and business continuity plans in your recommendations.
What are some of the issues that the loss of the health records could cause?
Case Studies are from the instructor companion resources for textbook:
Schnering, P., Sayles, N., & McCuen, C. (2022). Case Studies in Health Information Management
. Cengage Unlimited.
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