NURS FPX 6410 Executive Summary to Administration Regulatory Information

NURS FPX 6410 Executive Summary to Administration Regulatory Information

  Patient’s information security and privacy are tantamount to guaranteeing their trust in the modern era of EMR.  It has become a healthcare organization’s major priority to manage and safeguard personal patient information.  Kaiser Permanente has not only established, implemented, and organized these protections as mandated by law, HIPAA they have also added other protective measures. EPIC created a privacy tool called, “Break the Glass.”  It was famously utilized in 2009, when the Octomom was admitted and doctors, nurses, and even evs workers who had no reason to enter the chart were attempting to gain confidential information. The security screen automatically requires the user to enter a reason access to the record is needed to a record marked sensitive. Data breaches and their reporting was addressed in the HITECH Act by the formation of distinct protocols for the various organizations and facilities associated with health care that should be followed. Each organization has a distinct set of guidelines that must be followed. (Kruse, 2017)

Conclusion

Complying with HIPAA regulations guarantees that a healthcare organization like Kaiser Permanente maintains the security and confidentiality of their patient information within their EHR known as EPIC. This decreases the chance of patient record errors and restricted access to authorized individuals. This has especially been effective for the NICU because there are other family members who care about the infant who is sick but are not entitled to their medical information or updates; such as grandparents. 

Excel Spreadsheet Note

Inference:

It is evident that the NICU patients that were 30 weeks and less had a longer stay but increase hospital cost than those NICU patients were greater than 30 weeks and a shorter stay.