[Solved] Local and State Release of Information

Local and State Release of Information

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 of information process.

Use APA formatting guidelines to properly cite any references used in your post.

Response Guidelines

Respond to the post of at least one other learner, noting similarities and differences between the discoveries you explained in your posts.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements and scholarly writing standards.

Apply the principles of effective composition.

DQ2 Reporting Requirements

Penny is an 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 to be reported under the laws and regulations of her state. She finds that the following items must be reported and determines which hospital departments are responsible for the reporting. Her results are shown in the list below. (Note: list contains the items in the following format: Items to be reported: Responsible Hospital department.)

Study the list to determine if the hospital’s reporting practices are correct and law-abiding. Report your findings, and offer other alternatives for meeting the reporting requirements that are deficient.

Births, fetal deaths: Labor and delivery

Deaths: HIM Department

Child or Elder Abuse: Social Services

Notifiable Diseases: Infectious Disease

Statewide Cancer Registry: Cancer Registry

Trauma: Trauma Registry

Medical Examiners Cases: Risk Management

Use APA formatting guidelines to properly cite any references used in your post.

Response Guidelines

Respond to the post of at least one learner.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements and scholarly writing standards.

Apply the principles of effective composition.