Week Two Reflective Assignment
Mary Carnahan
HA 413 Current Issues in Health Information Management
May 10, 2016
Week Two What I learned in “Health Care Information Systems” Chapter five “Clinical Information Systems” In this chapter I learned how the clinical information system can have an impact on patient quality, outcomes, and safety. I learned about EHRs and how PHRs are not protected under HIPPA unless “a health care provider or a health plan that offers a PHR as one of its services. If that is the case, the PHR comes under the federal privacy and security rules that protect your medical records” (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, 2012). Chapter six “Federal Efforts to Enhance Quality of Patient Care through the Use of Health
Mary Carnahan
HA 413 Current Issues in Health Information Management
May 10, 2016
Week Two What I learned in “Health Care Information Systems” Chapter five “Clinical Information Systems” In this chapter I learned how the clinical information system can have an impact on patient quality, outcomes, and safety. I learned about EHRs and how PHRs are not protected under HIPPA unless “a health care provider or a health plan that offers a PHR as one of its services. If that is the case, the PHR comes under the federal privacy and security rules that protect your medical records” (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, 2012). Chapter six “Federal Efforts to Enhance Quality of Patient Care through the Use of Health