HSA-4030: Current Issues in Healthcare

Fast-growing telemedicine and remote learning platforms could pose risks to sensitive data: Privacy Commissioner. (2020). Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada).
Telemedicine is gaining momentum. The potential risks to patient privacy are introduced in this article.

Lyles, C. R., Fruchterman, J., Youdelman, M., & Schillinger, D. (2017). Legal, Practical, and Ethical Considerations for Making Online Patient Portals Accessible for All. American Journal of Public Health, 107(10), 1608–1611.
With patient care becoming more consumer-centric, services like patient portals are becoming more widely used. This article introduces important legal and ethical considerations of patient portals.

Marselas, K. (2015). Locking the box: the HIPAA landscape evolves for providers as cloud storage, mobile devices and large-scale cyber-attacks present new challenges to security and privacy efforts. McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, 4, 56.
Cyber-attacks against healthcare organizations are a very real risk. This article discusses the potential risks of technology such as mobile devices and cloud storage.

McLendon, K. (2020). Red Flags for HIPAA Policy Compliance. Journal of AHIMA, 91(3), 34–37.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a very important law protecting patient privacy. This is an excellent article that identifies potential red flags that managers need to know.

Medcom [Producer] (2013). The HIPAA security rule overview and goals [Video/DVD].
This is a short and informative video that introduces you to the basics of HIPAA.

Noonan, K. E. (2017). Personalized Medicine and Patient Privacy Concerns in the Telemedicine Age. DePaul Journal of Health Care Law, 19(3), 1–20.
This is an article that discusses telemedicine and related privacy issues.

Overview of HIPAA: Privacy and security rules. (2012). [Video / DVD] National Educational Video, Inc.
This video presents a comprehensive overview of HIPAA that includes details from a healthcare manager’s perspective.