Question

Brief Explanation (include all 3 responses):

Privacy – HIPAA – HITECH 1) why you selected the topic

2) why the topic interested you

3) a prediction for what you will encounter

Privacy – HIPAA – HITECH

Answer 1

1.Privacy is the right of the patient which is necessary for their safety.The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act (a provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) defines health information technology as “hardware, software, integrated technologies or related licenses, intellectual property, upgrades, or packaged solutions sold as services that are designed for or support the use by health care entities or patients for the electronic creation, maintenance, access, or exchange of health information.

HIPAA, as a “first-line” federal regulation that defines the rules for health information privacy and security, mandates policies and guidelines to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of health information to providers and consumers.

2. HIPAA ,HITECH is related to privacy of patient information .They helps in improving healthcare quality, reduction of medical errors, reducing health disparities, and prioritize patient centered care.Reducing healthcare costs occurring as a result of inefficient care, medical errors, inappropriate care, duplicative care, and incomplete information. Also coordination of care services are improved.

3.HIPAA changes will help in enhancing positive improvement of the healthcare industry by creating more clarity for how patients may access their health information, and opening up more pathways by which they can access the information.

HITECH will enhance the health status of the population

(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2781729)