HITECH
Security
Breach notification
Notice of Privacy
Alphabet Soup
100
The law applies only to information kept in this format.
What is electronically?
100
You should do these routinely to identify any inappropriate access to information in your system.
What are audits?
100
Breaches which have the potential to cause this must be reported. (Note this may not reach final rule status!)
What is harm?
100
You must attempt to get this whenever you issue the notice to a patient.
What is a written acknowledgement?
100
PHI
What is Protected Health Information?
200
Per HITECH, you must achieve this in order to qualify for federal funds for EMR implementation and adoption.
What is meaningful use?
200
Although not required, this is a good idea to protect information at rest and in motion.
What is encryption?
200
Any breach of _____or more must be reported to the media as well as to the patients involved.
What is 500?
200
Two places the Notice of Privacy Practices should be posted.
What is on the wall and on your website?
200
TPO
What is Treatment, Payment and Operations?
300
The HITECH rules were part of this law in 2009, also known as the Stimulus Law
What is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or ARRA?
300
Document one of these every year or two to show due diligence in attempting to comply with the security standards.
What is a risk assessment or gap analysis?
300
Breach reports of less than 500 must be made on line by what date each year?
What is March 1?
300
THe number of times you must reissue the notice of privacy practices to your patients, including if revised.
What is none?
300
BA
What is a Business Associate?
400
Under HITECH, these are now accountable for breaches of PHI, even though they are not healthcare providers.
What are Business Associates?
400
Two policies you should have that pertain to security of PHI.
What is (there are more than three) - requirement for strong passwords -onboarding and terminating procedures -Sanctions for improper access -training policies -social media policies -portable device policies -use of email and internet policies
400
You must do this if you have a breach with the potential to cause harm.
(There is more than one right answer) What is mitigate? What is inform the patient? What is investigate? Etc.
400
Three things your notice of privacy practices must include.
What is 1) how to file a complaint 2) How PHI will be used with your consent 3) How PHI may be used without your consent 4)your rights to amend, restrict, access, obtain an accounting, receive a copy 5) how to obtain a current copy of the notice.
400
CE
What is a covered entity?
500
HITECH proposes extending this requirement to disclosures within your agency or facility as well as to outside of it, for three years, despite the objections of AHIMA and others.
What is Accounting of disclosures?
500
This agency is charged with enforcing the privacy and security standards.
What is OCR (Office of Civil Rights)?
500
The most commonly reported breach on the DHS website.
What is lost or stolen laptop? (More than 8 million breaches total have been reported, 59% involving portable devices).
500
If you have more than ___ percent of your population that speaks a different language, you should translate the notice into that language, per TJC and CMS.
What is 5%?
500
OHCA
What is an Organized Healthcare Arrangement?