Identify two areas of further improvement for your organization, in protecting health information.

Nursing Informatics

Directions:

  • For this discussion forum, select one of the following topics for your initial post.
  • Use the Topic Name in the subject area of your initial post.
  • Support your initial post with at least two scholarly articles from the nursing/healthcare/informatics literature; use articles not already provided in the course.
  • Topic A: HITECH and HIPAA
  • McGonigle and Mastrian (2022) outline seven goals of the HITECH act (p. 166). For the purpose of this discussion, choose one of these goals to address. This is included in the attached document.
  • Address two benefits of the goal and provide a rationale for each.
  • Address two concerns of the goal as it relates to HIPAA and provide a rationale for each.
  • Identify two interventions that your organization has taken to protect the privacy of electronic health information.
  • Identify two areas of further improvement for your organization, in protecting health information.