HIPAA: The Importance Of Access Controls In Healthcare Records

HIPAA is one of the fundamental rules that were developed so as to ensure that there is the privacy of the healthcare records. The HIPAA rule is one of the most important rules that have the ability to reduce abuse and even healthcare fraud. The HIPAA privacy regulations are very critical to organizations, and healthcare providers must come up with measures that will ensure that all the patient data that they hold is confidential and secure. The HIPPA rule also lays a lot of focus on the protected health information when this data is being transferred, handled or even shared through electronic stems. The HIPPA rule has led to the establishment of standards that are widely followed in the organizations so as to ensure that there is security and control of patient data. The paper lays a focus on important aspects of the HIPAA rule.
The importance of access controls in addition to audit controls
Audit controls cannot be ignored, but they are part of the control process. The audit controls documents system …show more content…
The emergency access procedures are mainly instructions that are documented, and they also include operation practices that are needed in obtaining access to critical personal health information whenever there is an emergency occurrence. Access controls are very relevant in the situation of emergency even though they tend to be very different from the access controls that are applied in the normal situations. In the case of emergency access, an individual who may not be authorized to access certain information is allowed to access the information (Ouellette, 2014). The entities must come up with a good determination of all the situations that are well defined as emergency situations that would call for emergency access. It is very important to come up with procedures that would provide the instructions on how the members can gain access to the ePHI, which is electronic protected health