Assignment 3 (5 Questions)
**Pay attention to the Assignment Grading Rubric found in the Assignment Resources folder in Getting Started section.**

Answer the following assigned questions based on the topics from Chapter 11 and 17 from your (Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice) book.

1) Within your Health organization (or if you would to work in one) with regards to PKI (Public key infrastructure) and HIPAA, what steps, procedures, methods and security measure do you and your organization take/use when handling Patient Health records or Protected Health information (PHI) within your use of Information System resources and technology/tools/Software applications (ex. Email or EMR)/devices (ex. laptops, printers, smart phones) at work? Explain in details how you and your organization handle sensitive information.

2) And what some examples of disciplinary actions your organization/department or IT security would take if any HIPAA rules had been violated or breached.

3. Why could it be difficult for an organization to respond to pulling an entire, legal medical record together for an authorized request for information?

4. Explain why an accurate patient registration is critical to an organization.

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From Chapter 17:
5. List five common registration errors that affect the revenue cycle.

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Please pay attention to the Assignment Grading Rubric:
Note: Regarding Assignment 3, please incorporate “1 or more” external sources for every question answered for full points. (You may use your 2nd book as an external source)
Minimum 500 words applies to the total minimum number of words for all the questions answered within the assignment. Not necessarily minimum 500 words per question answered within assignment.

Note: for this assignment you do not have to go over 1000 words to receive full marks. As long its over 500 words, you will receive full marks regarding word count.

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