- Use the Topic Name in the subject area of your initial post.
- Support your initial post with at least two scholarly articles from the nursing/healthcare/informatics literature; use articles not already provided in the course.
- Topic A: HITECH and HIPAA
- McGonigle and Mastrian (2022) outline seven goals of the HITECH act (p. 166). For the purpose of this discussion, choose one of these goals to address.
- Address two benefits of the goal and provide a rationale for each.
- Address two concerns of the goal as it relates to HIPAA and provide a rationale for each.
- Identify two interventions that your organization has taken to protect the privacy of electronic health information. (Please use hypothetical situation: not currently working )
- Identify two areas of further improvement for your organization, in protecting health information. ( Please use hypothetical situation: not currently working)
Identify at least one way in which this topics is related to Ethical Issues in Informatics.
