Major Analysis Format:

Introduction: Establish the foundation for the case analysis. Set the stage for the sections to follow. Be concise; highlight the issues.

Problem Identification: Identify the major issues or problems to be solved in the case. List the steps in your investigation.

Analysis: Analyze the major issues and discuss the implications. Discuss the outcome should you decide the issue isn't critical and you will make no changes and the outcome should you decide to make changes.

Recommendations: State and support your recommendations for solving the major problems identified in the case study. Apply the background given in your analysis to justify your recommendations.
Consider personnel behavior changes expected.

Implementation: Develop a plan to implement your recommendations, provide explanations for timing, responsibilities, and potential pitfalls, and how to avoid these problems. A consideration of costs, and organizational structure should be used to help support recommendations.

Requirements for analysis 1:

The analysis is a minimum of 4 pages.
A minimum of 4 sources must be used in the response.
Each source must be cited within the body of the response.
The response must be typewritten and double spaced.
The format must be used. The format includes:
Introduction
Problem Identification
Analysis
Recommendations
Implementation

Format Description:

Introduction: Establish the foundation for the analysis. Set the stage for the sections to follow. Be concise; highlight the issues.

Problem Identification: Identify the major issues or problems to be solved in the analysis. List the steps in your investigation.

Analysis: Analyze the major issues and discuss the implications. Discuss the outcome should you decide the issue isn't critical and you will make no changes and the outcome should you decide to make changes.

Recommendations: State and support your recommendations for solving the major problems identified in the analysis. Apply the background given in your analysis to justify your recommendations. Consider personnel behavior changes expected.
Implementation: Develop a plan to implement your recommendations, provide explanations for timing, responsibilities, and potential pitfalls, and how to avoid these problems. A consideration of costs, and organizational structure should be used to help support recommendations. Take each of your recommendations through the implementation process. Be sure to address each implementation topic: potential barriers, plan to address barriers, potential costs, responsible person, and the target date for completion for EACH recommendation.

Students may submit their analysis for feedback prior to submitting the document. To be assured of obtaining feedback in ample time to make revisions, submit the draft 3 days prior to the due date.

Analysis 1: HIPAA Compliance

You are the Director for Operations at a general hospital. You are responsible for the Health Information Management Department (HIM) [the department formally known as Medical Records]). The supervisor of the HIM Department calls for an immediate appointment. The supervisor states that she received a complaint and doesn't know how to handle the issue.

The complainant stated that:

Her friend, an employee of the HIM Department, told her confidential information about a mutual friend, Jane Doe.
The complainant said that the employee told her that she (the employee) typed the patient's discharge papers and she had been admitted to the psychiatric unit for depression. Later in the conversation Ms. Smith stated that she had heard the information from another source.
The complainant also stated that Ms. Smith texted the information to other friends as well.
The complainant said that she is contacting the patient to let her know of the situation.
In addition, the complainant said that she would like to know the outcome of the investigation.
The supervisor interviewed the employee, Ms. Smith. The highlights of the conversation are:

Ms. Smith said that she was aware of her friend's admission but had heard the information from other sources. She said that the person that told her was a friend of the patient's boyfriend.

She added that the patient's mother was accusing her of spreading the information around town and at school. She said that she called the mother to tell her she wasn't the source of the information.

When the employee was asked if she discussed this with anyone, the employee said that she talked with her friend. The supervisor asked the friend's name and the friend was the complainant. She denied texting information to friends.

She stated that she is very clear about HIPAA guidelines and confidentiality. She said that she handled the patient's record while carrying-out her usual job functions.

The employee said that she probably shouldn't have called the patient's mother but should have reported it to her supervisor instead.

The supervisor doesn't know what to do next. Please advise her and provide your answer using the course content as well as research. Please be sure to respond to all of the complainant's requests.The major analysis is a more involved process. Use the research process of reading articles, searching the web for information and reviewing websites to obtain the information needed. Be sure to cite each source within the body of the project. At least 4 sources are required. The major analysis format must be used. The major analysis is expected to be 4-6 pages. The response must be typewritten and double spaced.