Tag Archives: HIPAA

Justify an instance where an administrator may need to login to a server or workstation with an account different from their standard operating account.

Description Instructions Part 1 – Complete All of Sections 1 and 2 of the Enabling Windows Active Directory and User Access Controls Lab Note: not all sections mentioned in the lab’s directions are required for this assessment. Do the following: Complete “Section 1: Hands-on Demonstration” and save the following screenshots: (Labs are completed, please see […]

Is a health care provider permitted to discuss an adult patient’s mental health information with the patient’s parents or other family members?Discuss

Instructions This unit’s assignment focuses on a particularly sensitive aspect of healthcare, mental health. Given the sensitive nature of mental health and substance use disorder treatment information, understanding HIPAA protections as a healthcare professional is particularly important. Using the document, Office for Civil Rights Headquarters. (2020, June 4). HIPAA Privacy and Sharing Information Related to […]

Discuss Based on the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), what consequences should a company face for failing to properly dispose of customer information?

1. HHS and the FTC recently launched an investigation into a major pharmacy chain for its information disposal practices. The regulators claimed that the pharmacy chain failed to protect customers’ sensitive financial and medical information by disposing prescriptions and labeled pill bottles in dumpsters that were accessible by the public. Based on the HIPAA (Health […]

What information have you gathered that suggest that the hackers were possible in the systems for a period of time prior to the attack and why would they take this approach?

There was a significant cyber attack on the UVM Medical Centers 6 locations across Vermont and New York. What I want you to do is to investigate this ongoing situation and answer the following questions. • Look at the possible types of attack types that could have done this. List what they may be. • […]

Discuss Why was HIPAA required in 1996 to supplement the existing Privacy Act regarding the confidentiality of patient health information?

Investigate the relationship between HIPAA and Electronic Medical Records to answer the following questions: Why was HIPAA required in 1996 to supplement the existing Privacy Act regarding the confidentiality of patient health information? Why was 1996 considered the initiation of Electronic Medical Records? Why were the HITECH Act of 2009 and later provisions of the […]