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This 3 page paper examines four web sties related to health care facilities and their polices and procedures. HIPAA is discussed. Security and privacy polices is the focus of attention.
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keep a close eye on the data, but are all companies taking action? Clearly, in investigating a handful of facilities, rules and regulations regarding privacy and security policies are not
uniform. In fact different health care organizations have different ideas about keeping data secure. At Beth Israel, for example, there is no expectation of privacy and in respect to
security policies, there are specifics such as the fact that remote access software needs approval prior to implementation ("HIMSS," 2006). Other aspects of policy go to the fact that users
cannot simply connect to other servers just because they have the capability and that each end user has the responsibility of making sure that the use of the Internet
and other connections will not compromise security ("HIMSS," 2006). The policy is strict, but does leave much of the responsibility to the user. Georgetown Universitys policies as contained in its
Protection of Health Information Policies and Procedure Manual outline HIPAA policies ("Georgetown University," 2003). Partners also provides information on HIPAA and abides those rules ("CPRI Toolkit...Partners," 2006). Also, when it
comes to privacy, this institution outlines the ways that Partners will honor privacy requests by clients and when it will not ("CPRI Toolkit...Partners," 2006). Finally, the Mayo Clinic has its
own take on privacy and does not only provide HIPAA guidelines, but implements very strict policies. Mayo makes use of an information security program and specifics are set up as
it respects the roles of employees ("CPRI Toolkit...Mayo," 2002). Specifics on standards of misuse are spelled out and there are many rules concerning access and even who is allowed in
a sensitive area at any given time ("CPRI Toolkit...Mayo," 2002). An obvious theme is that all of these health care facilities have taken notice of HIPAA and plan to fully
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