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HIPAA--a real world perspective.

C Nulan1

  • 1Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, Mo., USA. cnulan@cerner.com

Radiology Management
|April 17, 2001
PubMed
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Achieving Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance requires a cultural shift in healthcare organizations towards privacy and security accountability. Implementing administrative certification and accreditation processes is key to meeting HIPAA requirements and enhancing information management.

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Area of Science:

  • Health Informatics
  • Information Security Management
  • Healthcare Administration

Background:

  • The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandates significant changes in healthcare organizations' privacy and security practices.
  • Effective HIPAA compliance necessitates a fundamental shift in organizational culture, emphasizing staff and patient accountability for safeguarding patient information.
  • Technological advancements must complement cultural changes to realistically achieve and maintain HIPAA compliance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To outline an effective and realistic approach to achieving HIPAA compliance.
  • To highlight the importance of cultural transformation and technological enhancements for meeting HIPAA requirements.
  • To introduce administrative certification and accreditation as a methodology for driving accountability in security practices.

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Main Methods:

  • Adopting an organizational change-management methodology focused on security accountability.
  • Implementing administrative certification, a comprehensive assessment of technical and non-technical security features.
  • Utilizing administrative accreditation, a formal process for approving information systems based on security assessments and risk management.

Main Results:

  • HIPAA compliance can be realistically achieved through a combination of cultural shifts and technological upgrades.
  • Administrative certification and accreditation provide a structured framework for managing security and privacy.
  • These processes drive accountability to the operational level, ensuring tangible security measures are implemented.

Conclusions:

  • A proactive cultural shift towards privacy and security, coupled with robust administrative certification and accreditation, is essential for HIPAA compliance.
  • HIPAA compliance promotes administrative simplification and elevates the healthcare industry's information management sophistication.
  • Institutionalizing formal HIPAA certification programs supports business activities and improves organizational communication.