EHR Go AK1004.3 Introduction to Privacy and Security correct & verified 100 % complete and updated

Qushae McNeill 1. If you have questions about this activity, please contact your instructor for assistance. 2. You will review the chart of Daisha Estrada to complete this activity. Your instructor has provided you with a link to the Introduction to Privacy and Security activity. Click on 2: Launch EHR to review the patient chart and begin this activity. 3. Refer to the patient chart and any suggested resources to complete this activity. 4. Document your answers directly on this activity document as you complete the activity. When you are finished, you will save this activity document to your device and upload this activity document with your answers to your Learning Management System (LMS). The activity What is HIPAA? HIPAA is an acronym that stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It’s a US law designed to provide privacy standards to protect patients' medical records and other health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals and other health care providers. Developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, these standards provide patients with access to their medical records and more control over how their personal health information is used and disclosed. They represent a uniform, 1 federal floor of privacy protections for consumers across the country. A Covered Entity is one of the following: A Health Care Provider A Health Plan This includes providers such as: 1. Doctors 2. Clinics 3. Psychologists 4. Dentists 5. Chiropractors 6. Nursing Homes This includes: A Health Care Clearinghouse • Health insurance companies • HMOs • Company health plans • Government programs that pay for health care, such as Medicare, This includes entities that process nonstandard health information they receive from another entity into a standard (i.e., standard electronic format or data content), or vice versa. Medicaid, and the military 2 7. Pharmacies and veterans’ health care programs (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2015) 3 Under HIPAA, "health information" is any information (including genetic information) that is created or received by a health care provider, health plan, public health authority, employer, life insurance company, school or university, or health care clearinghouse. This includes a person’s past, present, or future physical or mental health condition; treatment provided to a person; or past, present, or future payment for healthcare an individual receives. Health information can exist in any form or medium, including paper, electronic, or oral (verbal). When a covered entity creates or receives health information that identifies, or can be used to identify, a person, HIPAA calls it "individually identifiable health information." Individually identifiable health information includes demographic and other information that identifies a person such as name, address, date of birth, and Social Security number. (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, 2015)