(1) Describe HIPAA & how it applies to the case.
(2) ID any compliance issues in the case.
(3) Assess how the firm is doing in this regard.
(4) ID technologies here that are affected by HIPAA
(5) What are the security issues with those technologies
(6) Briefly discuss the strengths & weaknesses of the technologies
(7) Assess the firm’s ability to provide security.
(1) Describe HIPAA & how it applies to the case.
(2) ID any compliance issues in the case.
(3) Assess how the firm is doing in this regard.
(4) ID technologies here that are affected by HIPAA
(5) What are the security issues with those technologies
(6) Briefly discuss the strengths & weaknesses of the technologies
(7) Assess the firm’s ability to provide security.
(1) Describe HIPAA & how it applies to the case.
(2) ID any compliance issues in the case.
(3) Assess how the firm is doing in this regard.
(4) ID technologies here that are affected by HIPAA
(5) What are the security issues with those technologies
(6) Briefly discuss the strengths & weaknesses of the technologies
(7) Assess the firm’s ability to provide security.
Assess the legal and professional regulations for the healthcare industry
(1) Describe HIPAA & how it applies to the case.
HIPAA was formed in 1996 to protect health insurance coverage of people. Under HIPAA, patients personal medical history cannot be disclosed without his/her consent. It ensures that the sensitive and confidential data of patient is protected against unauthorized access. With this act, patients can know who else has accessed their health data. HIPAA provides new requirements for researchers to access this data and it provides civil sanctions for improper use. In this case HIPAA will provide guidelines to the new IT system in securing the health data from unrestricted access and prevent it from misuse. (2) ID any compliance issues in the case. The sensitive and confidential information of patient should be accessed without their consent. (3) Assess how the firm is doing in this regard. Since the IT staff at HSN will work with the live data during implementation they are not following HIPAA guidelines. Assess the security capability of the IT enterprise-wide system (4) ID technologies here that are affected by HIPAA Due to HIPAA restrictions, Physicians will not able to access and analyze the important historical information of patients. The valuable information cannot be shared with the Pharmaceutical companies to further research the new drugs. (5) What are the security issues with those technologies If the system is hacked the entire consolidated data will be vulnerable. The system downtime would mean that physicians will not be able to access any information. Extremely hard to implement system that follows all the HIPAA guidelines. (6) Briefly discuss the strengths & weaknesses of the technologies Strengths: Enterprise system will improve data entry. The integrated system will streamline several processes and improve operational efficiency. HSN management and physicians will have consolidated information resulting in better planning, improved patient satisfaction and cost reduction. Weakness: System is vulnerable to misuse and if security guidelines of HIPAA are not it will result in lawsuits and loss of patient trust. (7) Assess the firms ability to provide security. During the implementation the IT staff at HSN will work with the live data. So HSNs is incapable of securing the data unless the IT staff uses the test data. Assess the appropriateness of using the IT enterprise-wide system in light of the legal & professional regulation for this industry. The use of enterprise system is appropriate in this case as it will help HSNs physicians to quickly store; retrieve and analyze patients health information. HSN patients may agree to disclose their treatment information to the network physicians and this will help HSN physicians to analyze and recommend the most appropriate treatment to their patients. Security however is very important in this implementation and the system should follow all the HIPAA guidelines. The implementation is very challenging but will be very helpful in the long run.