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This past year Ira Ames, longtime hospital administrator, retired at 78; he decided that he wanted to spend more time tending to his prize-winning decorative flower garden. The town gave him a grand send-off before hiring another administrator for the hospital. Finding someone to take Ira’s place was not easy, but a young man named Colton Pierce was chosen for the task. The hospital board thought
You are a consultant with Cannon Information Technology. You specialize in advising health care organizations on how to comply with the HIPAA security provisions. Dirk explains that although Mercy Memorial does not seem to have any security problems that he can see, he has been doing some outside reading and has become concerned about the level and quality of the hospital’s “technical security services.” He asks for your advice.
You discuss your services with him and agree to write a memo that advises and fully describes to
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To: Mercy Memorial Hospital management.
From: Consultant, Cannon Information Technology
Date: December 20, 2020
Subject: Controls Included in Technical Security Services Program
According to HIPAA's security rule, technical security services controls are the
procedures, policies, and technology established to safeguard health information and eliminate
unauthorized access to information and data. This memo describes the five controls that should
be included in the technical security services program and discusses how they ensure compliance
with HIPAA.
The first control included in a technical security services program is access control.
Controlling access to information systems and information ensures information confidentiality
and only gives authorized personnel access to it. This ensures compliance with HIPAA, ...