Penny is a HIM Director at a small community hospital. She has the responsibility for providing any accountings of disclosures requested by patients under the HIPAA Privacy Regulations. First, she has to determine what items are required reporting under the laws and regulations of her state. She finds that the following items must be reported […]

Visit the Web sites of two local or state offices of vital records. Review the processes for requesting copies of birth and death records. Write a post in which you identify the places and compare the processes, explain their similarities and differences, and make note of any potential privacy violations in the disclosure or release […]

Data mining is a valuable tool that can assist in identifying patterns and trends. It can also be a predictor of performance. Using the Zhang, et al., and Stowell et al. articles, discuss the use of data mining as a predictor or indicator of performance improvement.