Violation of HIPAA - $4.3 million penalty

HHS imposed a $4.3 million civil money penalty for violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule on Cignet Health of Prince George’s County, Md.  According to the news CIGNET refused to allow 41 patients access to their medical records between September 2008 and October 2009.  This was the first civil penalty that HHS has issued for HIPAA violation.  Read more at http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/02/20110222a.html

Textbook Chapter Resources Update

Linda, will be updating the textbook website at http://dlthede.net/Informatics/Informatics.html
with the following:

Siegler, E. L., & Adelman, R. (2009). A Remediable Hazard of Electronic Health Records. American Journal of Medicine, 122(6), 495-496. An excellent discussion of the hazards of this practice, along with some thoughts about how to make this a safe, reliable, and contributory to patient care. (Chapter 21)

http://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343%2809%2900157-0/fulltext

Reichard, L. (2010, April 10). Electronic Medical Records: A Nursing Perspective from the Front Lines. A good description of how a well designed EMR functions along with some suggestions for those contemplating an EMR. (Chapter 19)

http://www.billianshealthdata.com/Knowledge/Blog/2010/2010/April/EMRx_A_Nursing_Perspective.html