"Securing Health Care Information Systems" Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, give your opinion as to whether or not the new procedures that the hospital implemented efficiently resolve the issues in this case. Next, suggest an additional procedure that the hospital could utilize in order to secure patient privacy regarding medical condition and treatment plan. Justify your response.

Identify the key threats (e.g., internal, external, intentional, and unintentional, etc.) to the security of health care information. Select the single most significant threat, and suggest one (1) way to minimize the threat that you have chosen. Provide a rationale to support your suggestion.

Poverty and Pollution

Read Case 7.2: Poverty and Pollution, located on page 267 in your textbook. Next, predict the effects of pollution permits on poor, less-developed areas like Brazil's "valley of death". Assess the effectiveness of incentive programs on manufacturers in less-developed areas. Based on your assessment, pin an argument in support of either pollution permits or incentive programs.

Writing and You

Take a moment to reflect on how far you've come and what you will continue to focus on.

1. What have you learned from John Pollack? Is it helpful to hear his perspective?

2. What part of writing do you need more help with, and which are you most comfortable with?

3. Your Mindset - Share an example of how you've used critical thinking in this class.

Optional: Post a question or a piece of your paper that you need help with.