To address these concerns, the law set four different standards for protecting the privacy / security information of patients to include: standard formats for when computers are sharing information, a uniform format for all health providers, it sets security standards for protecting the information of consumers and all information that is on file must be kept up-to-date. (Kazimer, 2008) the effect that this would have on the health care industry would be profound, as it would provide increased standards of security
"Personal profiles on Facebook and other social-networking sites are a trove of inappropriate and embarrassing photographs and discomfiting breaches of confidentiality. You might expect that from your friends and even some colleagues -- but what about your doctor?" (Park 2009:1)
Consider this example of one patient with kidney cancer, whose primary physician recommended a website to research cancer specialists: "Within 11 minutes of submitting his first post to the Association of Cancer Online Resources…[the cancer patient] received recommendations for top specialists -- with links included -- from patients on the site's kidney-cancer list. Within half an hour, an e-mail arrived from an ACOR member suggesting which scans might be appropriate and offering details about interleukin-2, the only treatment at the time that resembled a cure" (Rochman 2010)
This can have a ripple effect on the reputation of: the facility and the rates that they are paying for medical malpractice insurance. (Doscher, 2002) The way that this is influencing health care providers is through: forcing them to follow these regulations at all times
This is significant, because it is highlighting the impact that HIPPA regulations are having on the industry. (Hagan, 2009) Clearly, the long-term impact that HIPPA will have on the health care system is: that it will cause costs to increase dramatically
Yet, over the years it has morphed into another big bureaucracy that is increasing the number of procedures within the industry. (Kibbe, 2001) To fully understand the overall scope of these issues require: examining the policy, what it was intended to address, the history of the law, if it has been effective, what groups have benefited the most and if there is any information on future amendments
The lack of regulations in these areas was highlighting a number of potential problems to include: easy access to a wide variety of medical records and the health care industry was considered to be inefficient. (Kiel, 2006) At the same time, many workers were losing insurance coverage the moment that they were laid off
The enforcement rule sets various standards for: violating the law through civil penalties and it creates a process for following up on possible breaches of the act. (Sullivan, 2004) II
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