Imagine that you are a first-line manager of a department in a relatively small hospital located in a semi-rural area. For many months there had been rumors of a possible merger with another semi-rural hospital half again the size of yours located about 12 miles away. Both administration and the board of directors had been…

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Health IT Certification Program is a voluntary certification program established by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to provide for health IT certification. Requirements for certification are established by standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria adopted by the Secretary. The certification…

In this discussion, you will review one of the following regulations or standards: • CMS regulations (Conditions of Participation) • Healthcare accreditation standards (i.e., The Joint Commission) • HITECH • Healthcare Utah State Codes Next, you will review specific sections of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule with a focus on…

Prompt First, review the provided Module Two Access Template document. Next, write two or three sentences about each of the listed stakeholders and their needed levels of access to information. From the drop-down menu located within Column Two of the spreadsheet, evaluate and select which type of access is required for each professional, based on…