Scenario: You are the hospital administrator and need create a risk due to an employee compromising a patient records. What tasks you will you identify for employees and what other potential risks the primary care physicians may need to address to protect patient records?

Your risk assessment should:

1) Identify risks to both electronic and paper patient records, and recommend remedies United General can put in place to protect the records from compromise.

2) Create policy statements that comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) regulations addressing access to and disclosure of electronic and paper patient records.

3) Describe relevant training topics that will educate the staff on accessing and disclosing patient records.