Healthcare Term/Hcs 483

Health Care Access Options

Ashley Stargill

HCS/490

June 14, 2015

Ralph Cannon

University of Phoenix Material

Health Care Information Systems Terms

Define the following terms. Your definitions must be in your own words; do not copy them from the textbook.

After you define each term, describe in 40 to 60 words the health care setting in which each term would be applied. Include at least two research sources to support your position—one from the University Library and the other from the textbook. Cite your sources in the References section consistent with APA guidelines.

|Term |Definition |How It Is Used in Health Care |

|Health Insurance Portability and |Health Insurance Portability and |The Health Insurance Portability and |

|Accountability Act |Accountability Act (HIPAA) - HIPAA is the |Accountability Act are used mainly to |

| |federal legislation signed in 1996 to |protect patient information in a health |

| |protect all patients’ medical records with |care setting. HIPAA is also used to reduce |

| |privacy guidelines that are seen by health |fraud and abuse from health care |

| |care professionals. It also gives patients |professionals. If HIPAA regulations are not|

| |more control over their medical records |met the consequences could be great. |

|Electronic medical record |An electronic record can be defined as a |The health care setting that uses |

| |health or medical information of a |electronic medical record is...