Rural Patient Privacy resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2012 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/topics/legislation/patientprivacy.php The national coordinator for health information technology at the Department of Health and Human Services, Farzad Mostashari, speaks with HealthLeaders Media about his top challenges in 2012. http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/PHY-275143/Q-and-A-Farzad-Mostashari-on-Meaningful-Use-Privacy## Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:16:50 CST http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/PHY-275143/Q-and-A-Farzad-Mostashari-on-Meaningful-Use-Privacy## Explains what Version 5010 is all about. Presents fact sheets, resources, timeline, and email updates regarding Version 5010, the revised set of HIPAA transaction standards that will replace the current version in 2012. -- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services https://www.cms.gov/ICD10/11a_Version_5010.asp#TopOfPage Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:36:17 CST https://www.cms.gov/ICD10/11a_Version_5010.asp#TopOfPage Summarizes key elements of the HIPAA Security Rule including who is covered, what information is protected, and what safeguards must be in place to ensure appropriate protection of electronic protected health information. -- HHS Office for Civil Rights: Health Information Privacy http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/srsummary.html Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:02:58 CST http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/srsummary.html Outlines the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and lists frequently asked questions on several aspects of the Act. http://www.medicalbillingandcoding.org/resources/hipaa-resource-and-information-guide.html Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:33:18 CST http://www.medicalbillingandcoding.org/resources/hipaa-resource-and-information-guide.html Analyzes, solves, and anticipates health care ethics dilemmas to provide general ethics information and related guidance for clinicians and administrators of rural health care facilities. -- Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College http://dms.dartmouth.edu/cfm/resources/ethics/full-book.pdf Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:01:11 CST http://dms.dartmouth.edu/cfm/resources/ethics/full-book.pdf This seventeenth and final chapter of "Handbook for Rural Health Care Ethics", serves as a bibliography of articles, journals, and Web sites that contain information about the theory and practice of ethics in rural health care. -- Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College http://dms.dartmouth.edu/cfm/resources/ethics/chapter-17.pdf Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:11:57 CST http://dms.dartmouth.edu/cfm/resources/ethics/chapter-17.pdf This fifteenth chapter of "Handbook for Rural Health Care Ethics", presents strategies that health care professionals can explore to help anticipate, eliminate ethics conflicts, enhance the quality of care, and decrease the negative impact of such conflicts. -- Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College http://dms.dartmouth.edu/cfm/resources/ethics/chapter-15.pdf Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:50:43 CST http://dms.dartmouth.edu/cfm/resources/ethics/chapter-15.pdf This tenth chapter of "Handbook for Rural Health Care Ethics", discusses the negative perception associated with some illnesses and how health care providers can serve as patient advocates in counteracting stigma by educating the public and protecting patient privacy. -- Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College http://dms.dartmouth.edu/cfm/resources/ethics/chapter-10.pdf Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:01:58 CST http://dms.dartmouth.edu/cfm/resources/ethics/chapter-10.pdf This seventh chapter of "Handbook for Rural Health Care Ethics," explores the ethical challenges involving privacy and confidentiality in rural health care relationships due to overlapping relationships and familiarity with patients and communities. -- Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College http://dms.dartmouth.edu/cfm/resources/ethics/chapter-07.pdf Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:41:19 CST http://dms.dartmouth.edu/cfm/resources/ethics/chapter-07.pdf This fifth chapter of "Handbook for Rural Health Care Ethics," explores potential ethics issues in the rural patient-provider relationship, approaches and methods for resolving issues, plus steps that rural health care providers can take to anticipate and prepare for ethics conflicts. -- Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College http://dms.dartmouth.edu/cfm/resources/ethics/chapter-05.pdf Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:10:38 CST http://dms.dartmouth.edu/cfm/resources/ethics/chapter-05.pdf Describes how HIPAA's right to access rules apply to health information technology and electronic health records (EHRs). -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/special/healthit/eaccess.pdf Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:17:48 CST http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/special/healthit/eaccess.pdf Examines key privacy and security issues that RHIOs encounter, the policies and practices they adopt to manage these issues, and common emerging strategies. -- California HealthCare Foundation http://www.allhealth.org/briefingmaterials/chcf-rhioprivacy-1091.pdf Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:46:01 CST http://www.allhealth.org/briefingmaterials/chcf-rhioprivacy-1091.pdf Coordinates the development and use of voluntary consensus standards in the United States. Provides information on the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel which assists in the development of the U.S. Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) by addressing issues such as privacy and security within a shared healthcare information system. http://www.ansi.org/standards_activities/standards_boards_panels/hisb/hitsp.aspx?menuid=3 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.ansi.org/standards_activities/standards_boards_panels/hisb/hitsp.aspx?menuid=3 Provides information on the final rules for the imposition of civil money penalties on entities that violate rules adopted by the Secretary to implement the Administrative Simplificationprovisions of the HIPAA Act. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/administrative/privacyrule/finalenforcementrule06.pdf Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/administrative/privacyrule/finalenforcementrule06.pdf Provides information on HIPAA complaints, civil monetary penalties, and general enforcement information. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/enforcement/index.html Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/enforcement/index.html Presents avenues of information flow that could apply to emergency preparedness activities. Focuses on the source of the information being disclosed, to whom, and the purpose of the information being disclosed. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/special/emergency/decisiontoolintro.html Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/special/emergency/decisiontoolintro.html Provides an overview of the National Provider Identifier (NPI) requirements, which uniquely identifies a health care provider in standard transactions, such as health care claims. Includes links to resources and additional information. -- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services http://www.cms.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/01_overview.asp Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.cms.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/01_overview.asp Contains resources on HIPAA administrative simplification, including a resource directory, general information, and information on code sets and standards. -- Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange http://www.wedi.org/snip/ Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:00:00 CST http://www.wedi.org/snip/