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Executive Summary
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), has been described as “Y2K for healthcare”. ... And as that information moves to computer, it will all be subject to HIPAA. ... (Tuthill 2000)
This paper will attempt to illustrate the importance of HIPAA and how it fits into Information Systems.
HIPAA
During the Clinton Administration it was suggested that, through the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 there be a minimum set of rules that would serve to limit the amount of information on an individuals health that would be given to financial institutions. ... HIPAA was in favor of letting individual states to "create stronger protections than any federal version that might eventually be developed" (Woods 2001).
In short, the HIPAA requires that individuals know that their rights and privacy of their individual health history will remain private and secure from people and institutions who should not have the rights to gather this information. HIPAA regulations have their own definitions of when and why medial information can be requested for proceedings such as judicial issues (Woods 2001).
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), was the result of efforts by the Clinton Administration and congressional healthcare reform proponents to reform healthcare. ... (Stevens 2001)
The HIPAA legislation had four primary objectives:
1. ... For instance, there are new security rules being implemented which state, among other things, that passwords and User IDs for patient information can no longer be shared because the HIPAA wants an easily accessible audit trail of who accessed patient information and why. ... The dilemma remains that the HIPAA wants to change the way individuals access patient records now. ... According to Sidney Schips, national director of HIPAA practice at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, a New York-based consulting firm, "when it comes to accessing patient data, its the Wild West out there," Schips contends. ... But if they get their butts hauled into court under HIPAA, theyll understand the consequences" (Gillespie, 42, 2001).
The major dilemma is this: HIPAA insists that patient information be made stricter in terms of security. The health care providers, however, need to ensure that doctors and nurses can access the patients medical records quickly and easily, which is seemingly butting heads with what the HIPAA wants. ...
It appears that archaic practices such as passwords and User IDs will soon be a thing of the past, if HIPAA officials have their say.
Approximate Word count = 1986
Approximate Pages = 7.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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