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Essay Instructions: Compose a 1,500- to 1,750-word essay discussing implications of both forms of the patient’s diseases (HIV and AIDS) from the perspective of HIPAA confidentiality. Include the following in your essay:

o Discuss why HIV and AIDS information is more sensitive than other types of
health conditions.

o Examine the social, legal, and ethical ramifications of improper information
disclosure.

o Provide a minimum of three references from the University Library or the Internet.

o Format your essay according to APA guidelines.

Essay Instructions: As a consultant, prepare a two-page executive report for Barbara Silva, CIO, addressing the following:

Section 1: State the overview of HIPAA Privacy Rules

Section 2: Respond to the following questions:

1. Steering committee: Who would you include on the steering committee that is responsible for ongoing HIPAA privacy compliance? Who should lead this committee?

2. HIPAA education: What type of ongoing education activities would you provide for the workforce of this organization to facilitate compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule? How would you implement these activities?

3. Business associates: How would you ensure that you have identified all of the organization?s current business associates and developed business associate agreements with them?

4. HIPAA compliance: What process would you use to update these policies and procedures? How frequently would you update them? How would you ensure that they continue to be valid and HIPAA compliant?

Essay Instructions: Discussing the Most Important Aspects of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Law and Critiquing its Effect Regarding the Protection and Security of Personal Health Information (PHI)

Essay Instructions: Write one page to answer the following questions:

1. What are the ethical issues with not protecting health information privacy?
2. What were some of the reasons for enacting HIPAA in addition to the protecting privacy?
3. Under the laws of HIPAA, is the nurse whose laptop with patient information was stolen, at fault? How about her
employer?

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