Most soon-to-be HIM professionals fresh out of college want nothing more than to know what's going on inside the HIM director or manager's head. After all, it would help to know what a potential interviewer is thinking when you pop into that chair for your first interview for a potential HIM job, wouldn't it?
Eleven years ago, when hospitals and other healthcare facilities were on the cusp of the new HIPAA Privacy Rule, Kathleen A. Frawley, JD, MS, RHIA, FAHIMA, spoke words that were prophetic.
Reliable data backup is critical. If a backup is not in place and your system crashes, you not only have a HIPAA compliance problem, but you may not be able to support your critical operations. IDrive® is a secure backup service that provides "ready when you need it" backup restoration and meets the National Institute of Standards and Technology safe harbor encryption standard.
Observation or inpatient? It sounds like a simple question, but it continues to be a sticky area for most facilities. If your organization is having trouble correctly assigning every patient, you're not alone.
To comply with the HIPAA omnibus final rule, healthcare organizations need to revise their risk assessment process to determine whether they must notify affected individuals of a breach.
