How will you as a health care manager ensure regulations other than HIPAA are applied in your organization to maintain compliance? Provide examples naming two regulations other than HIPAA
- Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)
As a health care manager, I will encourage health care providers to adopt Electronic Health Care Records supporting technology. The HITECH Act states that patients have the right to obtain electronically protected information (PHI). As a health care manager, I will ensure patients get their PHI in electronic format.
As a health care manager, I will ensure my organization has up to date privacy and security documentation to avoid being sued for willful neglect. Also, in an unsecured breach of electronically stored information of a patient, I will ensure the patient is notified promptly. In case the unsecured breach affects 500 patients or more, I will email them to notify them of the breach and steps being taken. Besides emailing the patients, I will notify HHS and local media.
- Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
As a health care manager, I will ensure all medicines are correctly stored and ensure the drugs are not misbranded or adulterated. Also, I will ensure the drugs contain the name of the manufacturer, the place of business, manufacturing date, expiry date, the ingredients of the drug, and its effects. Also, I will sure patients’ food is handled in a sanitary and hygienic manner.
As a health care manager, I will allow inspection and investigation by the FDA. They ensure that my organization has complied with the set rules and standards by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
REFERENCES
- Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act (2009)
- Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) (1938)
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