Law and Medicine, writing homework help
HIPAA provides a number ofprotections for patients (PHI – protected health information). Aftercompleting the learning activities for this week, you should be able torespond to the following hypothetical situation:You work in a hospital compliance department. A patient whowas recently discharged from the hospital comes into the office toreport that he believes his health information was disclosed to hisemployer without his authorization. Assume that he was not hospitalizedfor a work-related injury.Please respond to all of the following prompts:What options can you offer him for making a complaint?Suppose that the information was disclosed by a nurseemployed by the hospital. What practices should the hospital have inplace for complaint investigation and discipline?How would you ensure that private health information of patients could not be accessed by unauthorized individuals?
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