Breach in Patient Confidentiality: A negative publicity in the field of medical coding could involve a breach of patient confidentiality or data security issues within a company or organization

THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION REPORT

TOPIC: A negative publicity in the field of medical coding could involve a breach of patient confidentiality or data security issues within a company or organization.

The assignment is based on this scenario:

You are a manager/supervisor in a company or organization in your desired future industry. At a recent staff meeting the decision maker within your company/organization (Vice President, Captain, Director, etc) stated that he/she is aware of the negative publicity the company/organization has received due to an issue covered in the media. The decision maker wants to implement some type of action to address the issue and asks you to prepare a report that includes an analysis of the situation, recommendations to address/resolve/prevent the issue, and a visual aid.

In order for you to complete this assignment you will need to conduct some research about the issue (causes, prevalence, statistics, liability/costs) and methods to address/remedy/prevent the issue. Your research should include: at least THREE scholarly/trade (primary) journal articles (use library electronic databases) and at least TWO (secondary) Internet sources.

https://code-medical-ethics.ama-assn.org/ethics-opinions/breach-security-electronic-medical-records

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5009672/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7349636/

https://www.definitivehc.com/resources/healthcare-insights/most-common-healthcare-data-breaches#:~:text=In%202016%2C%20there%20were%20329,reported%20each%20year%20since%202020.

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https://www.embroker.com/blog/cost-of-a-data-breach/#:~:text=According%20to%20IBM’s%202021%20report,has%20reached%20over%20%244%20million.

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