Question

Introduce the HIPAA policy and explain why the policy is important.

Share your rating of the HIPAA policy as good, bad, or adequate.

Identify the policy’s strengths and weaknesses, and share your recommendations for policy improvement as supported by your research.

Answer 1

HIPPA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and was formed in 1966. This policy was fomed to create a new standard in healthcare system. It is mainly designed to improve the efficiency of the healthcare system.

This policy is important because-

1- It will protect your health information data

2- It will provide the privacy of your information.

3- It will also set a standard.

In my opinion, it is good because of the above reasons.

The above mentioned importance of the HIPPA is also the strength of the HIPAA policy.

The weakness of the policy are-

1- It will increase the burden of the expenses on healthcare.

2- It even doesn’t allow doctors to share information with family members.

3- It generates a huge number of complaint reports every year which makes it hectic for the healthcare staff.

Some recommendations for policy improvement are-

1- reduce the extra cost of expenses

2- allow the sharing of relevant data with the family members.