Electronic Medical Records, HIPAA, and Patient Privacy

2011 ◽  
pp. 1795-1804
Author(s):  
Jingquan Li ◽  
Michael J. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Medical Records ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Privacy Policy ◽  
Patient Privacy ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
Healthcare It ◽  
The University

The continued growth of healthcare information systems (HCIS) promises to improve quality of care, lower costs, and streamline the entire healthcare system. But the resulting dependence on electronic medical records (EMRs) has also kindled patient concern about who has access to sensitive medical records. Healthcare organizations are obliged to protect patient records under HIPAA. The purpose of this study is to develop a formal privacy policy to protect the privacy and security of EMRs. This article describes the impact of EMRs and HIPAA on patient privacy in healthcare. It proposes access control and audit log policies to safeguard patient privacy. To illustrate the best practices in the healthcare industry, this article presents the case of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The case demonstrates that it is critical for a healthcare organization to have a privacy policy.

Safeguarding the Privacy of Electronic Medical Records

Cyber Crime ◽  
2013 ◽  
pp. 891-901
Author(s):  
Jingquan Li ◽  
Michael J. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Medical Records ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Privacy Policy ◽  
Patient Privacy ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The continued growth of healthcare information systems (HCIS) promises to improve quality of care, reduce harmful medical errors, and streamline the entire healthcare system. But the resulting dependence on electronic medical records (EMRs) has kindled patient concern about who has access to sensitive medical records. Healthcare organizations are obliged to protect patient medical records under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 and the economic stimulus bill of 2009. The purpose of this study is to develop a formal privacy policy for safeguarding the privacy of EMRs. This study describes the impact of EMRs and HIPAA on patient privacy. It proposes access control and audit logs policies to protect patient privacy. To illustrate the best practices in the healthcare industry, this chapter presents the case of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The case demonstrates that it is critical for a healthcare organization to have a formal privacy policy in place.

Safeguarding the Privacy of Electronic Medical Records

2010 ◽  
pp. 105-115
Author(s):  
Jingquan Li ◽  
Michael J. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Medical Records ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Privacy Policy ◽  
Patient Privacy ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The continued growth of healthcare information systems (HCIS) promises to improve quality of care, reduce harmful medical errors, and streamline the entire healthcare system. But the resulting dependence on electronic medical records (EMRs) has kindled patient concern about who has access to sensitive medical records. Healthcare organizations are obliged to protect patient medical records under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 and the economic stimulus bill of 2009. The purpose of this study is to develop a formal privacy policy for safeguarding the privacy of EMRs. This study describes the impact of EMRs and HIPAA on patient privacy. It proposes access control and audit logs policies to protect patient privacy. To illustrate the best practices in the healthcare industry, this chapter presents the case of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. The case demonstrates that it is critical for a healthcare organization to have a formal privacy policy in place.

Radiologic-Pathologic Conferences of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

2006 ◽  
Vol 186 (2) ◽  
pp. 467-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumit Mehta ◽  
Janio Szklaruk ◽  
Silvana C. Faria ◽  
A. Kevin Raymond ◽  
Gary J. Whitman
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Center ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
The University

Patient Privacy and Security in E-Health

2019 ◽  
pp. 562-575
Author(s):  
Güney Gürsel
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Major Contributor ◽  
Patient Privacy ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Healthcare It ◽  
Access To Data

In the digital era, undoubtedly, e-health is a major contributor for decision support, education, research and management activities in healthcare. It provides tremendous benefits by easy store and access to data. This easiness brings a big problem together with the benefits. Users have easy access to vast amount of sensitive health data about patients. This may give way to misuse and abuse. That is why the concepts of privacy and security becomes very popular and point of major concern. This chapter is a descriptive study aimed to give principles of these concepts and invoke awareness about.

Implications of HIPAA and Subsequent Regulations on Information Technology

2017 ◽  
pp. 71-98
Author(s):  
Payod Soni
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Health Plan ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Complete Understanding ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
The Public ◽  
Considerable Depth ◽  
Made In

Abysmal state of policies governing the health plan providers lead to a huge discontent amongst the public in regards to their health plan besides privacy and security of their medical records. Anyone with access to the patient's medical records could potentially share it with parties like health plan providers or the employers. To address the privacy and the security of patient's medical records, Congress enacted HIPAA in 1996. Chapter starts with discussing the need for HIPAA. Subsequently, we discuss HIPAA at considerable depth. Significant additions and changes were made in subsequent acts and amendments due to pressing policy needs and to address various loopholes. The chapter provides a chronological recount of HIPAA since its introduction. Once the reader develops a complete understanding of HIPAA regulation, we shift our focus to the compliance to HIPAA. We delve deeper into implications of HIPAA on healthcare organizations and the information technology world.

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