Sensitive Information in the Healthcare Record – State and Federal Regulatory Updates (1 ML)
- Education:
- All Education
- CEC Category:
- Medicolegal
- Duration:
- 58 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
Tags: New
Description
Title: Sensitive Information in the Healthcare Record – State and Federal Regulatory Updates
Presenter: Georgia Green, MEd, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CCP, CHDS, AHDI
Original Date: November 20, 2024
Length: 1 hour
CEC: 1 Medicolegal (ML)
Cost: $5 Student Members/$15 Members/$25 List Price
Session Description:
The HIPAA Privacy Rule protects medical records and other individually identifiable health information, collectively known as “protected health information” or PHI. In addition to HIPAA protection, certain healthcare information may require additional layers of protection under state and/or federal law. Sometimes referred to as “sensitive information,” this includes information related to the treatment of substance use disorders, mental health information, AIDS/HIV information information, the treatment of other sexually transmitted diseases, genetic information, reproductive healthcare information, and more. This session will provide an overview of sensitive information, explain common strategies employed to protect its unauthorized disclosure, and describe what is happening in the current regulatory landscape.
Learning Objectives
- Define “sensitive information” as it applies to healthcare records.
- Cite examples of regulations governing the protection of sensitive information.
- Name regulatory bodies responsible for monitoring compliance with laws governing the protection of sensitive information.
- Explain the steps taken by a healthcare organization to protect sensitive information.
Speaker
Georgia H. Green, MEd, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CCP, CHDS, AHDI-F Related Seminars and Products
HIM Director
Kaiser Permanente Northwest
Georgia Green is the Director of Health Information Management for the northwest market of a major national health system. She has nearly 40 years in the health information field, having begun her career as healthcare documentation specialist. Over her career, she has also held roles as an HIM educator and as a writer and editor of HIM educational and reference materials, including coding manuals. In her current role, she oversees transcription services, release of information, data quality, scanning, off-site chart management, chart deficiencies, birth/death certificate filings, amendments, and disclosure accounting, as well as co-chairing two regional committees. She maintains expertise on privacy and disclosure laws at the state and federal level. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity and the Washington State Health Information Management Association.