Capella HIM4660 2021 November Week 7 Discussion (dq1+dq2) Latest

HIM4660 Information Security, Privacy, and Ethics in Health Care

Week 7 Discussion

DQ1 Competitor Access

Patient information collected and stored by a health care facility is actually the property of the subject of the data (the patient). When a patient wants to share information among different (perhaps competing) health care facilities, how will it be handled?

Imagine this scenario: As a manager of a local hospital, you are approached by a patient who is experiencing a high-risk pregnancy. The patient asks for access by a specialist at a different hospital owned by a competitor.

Write a post in which you outline your response to this request, including how you weigh the potential risks and benefits involved. Include also your perceptions about how data sharing between competitors may change with the use and security of electronic systems.

Use APA formatting guidelines to properly cite any references used in  your post.

Response Guidelines

Respond to at least one other who has taken a different approach from you and indicate what you like the most about their solution.

 

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Examine strategies to maintain the security of health information.

Differentiate between privacy and security.

List proper physical and technical safeguards for health information security, and recognize violations.

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements and scholarly writing standards.

Apply the principles of effective composition.

DQ2 Access Pros and Cons

Imagine that you work at a health care organization that is discussing a major information sharing proposal with other major providers and payers in the region: the development of a regional health network allowing clinicians broad access to patient datawith patient permission, of course.

Write a post in which you weigh the advantages and disadvantages of such a regional network. Include in the discussion some of the information security issues that exist with this new way of sharing data. What evidence and/or research can you provide to support your noted security issues?

Use APA formatting guidelines to properly cite the references used in your post.

Response Guidelines

Respond to at least one other learner, and share a point that was included in the post that you found most informative.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Understand the relationship between recommendations, action plans, and policies or practices related to HIM.

List proper physical and technical safeguards for health information security, and recognize violations.

Examine strategies to maintain the security of health information.

Apply the principles of effective composition.

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements and scholarly writing standards.