Zonke izigulane, unonophelo, kunye neengcali zezokwelapha ziye zava i-HIPAA igama, kodwa bambalwa ngokwenene bayayiqonda oko kuthetha ukuba ngaphandle "emaphepha amaninzi ukugcwalisa kunye nokusayina" kunye nokunye "iteksi ebomvu. Ngoko ukuboleka kumbuzo othi, "yintoni na i-HIPAA?"
Injongo yale sishwankathelo kukukhawulelana nombandela kulabo abasemnyama ngokuphathelele "yintoni" kwaye "kutheni" ye-HIPAA.
Intoni
I-HIPAA yinkcazo ye-Health Information Portability and Actability Act kwaye yenziwa ngo-1996. Iyacetyiswa yi-Ofisi yamaLungelo oLuntu woRhulumente wase-United States. Yisetyenziselwa izikhokelo zomgaqo-nkqubo ezidalwe ukuvumela abasebenzi ukuba bathathe i-inshorensi yabo yezobisi kunye nabo xa bemshiya umqeshi, avumela abantu ukuba bafikelele kwi-inshuwalense yezonyango naphezu kweemeko zangaphambili (phantsi kweemeko ezithile), kunye nokuseka imigangatho yemfihlo yesigulane sempilo ulwazi.
Kodwa linda, kukho ngaphezulu; I- HIPAA Umgaqo Wobumfihlo "ukhusela ubumfihlo benkcazelo yempilo yekhompyutha", i-HIPAA Security Rule "ibeka imilinganiselo kazwelonke yokhuseleko lwempilo yekhompyutheni," ekhusela "ulwazi oluchanekileyo olusetyenziswa ukuhlalutya iziganeko zokukhusela isiguli kwaye uphucule ukhuseleko. "
Ngubani
Ngoko, ngubani omele ahambisane nemithetho ye-HIPAA? Ngokwenene, nawuphi na umboneleli wezonyango ohambisa ulwazi lwegulane ngekhompyutha, nayiphi na inkampani ehlawulela yonke into okanye inxalenye yesondlo sempilo yesigulane, kunye nayiphi na into ebamba iirekhodi zezogulane zegulane. Ngoko, kunene wonke umntu ophethe ulwazi lwesigulane.
Nangona oko kungathetha umsebenzi ophezulu kwabanye oogqirha bezobugqirha, ezi zenzo kunye nemithetho zaqaliswa njengeendlela zokukhusela uluntu nokuba ngaba uyabathanda okanye uyazizonda, zigunyazwe ngokusemthethweni kwaye ukuthobela kuyimfuneko.
Ngoba
Siye sagxininisa kakhulu i-HIPAA, kwaye ngubani omele athobele, kodwa kukho kubonakala ngathi imigaqo emininzi yokuyilandela, i-ofisi yezobugcisa inexesha lokuhlangabezana neemfuno zesigulane xa zisichitha ixesha elininzi ekuqinisekiseni bavumelana?
Enyanisweni, xa izikhuselo zikhoyo, ngokude nje ukuba wonke umqeshwa uyazi indlela yokusingatha ulwazi ngokuchanekileyo, kulula kakhulu. Ukufumana ezo zikhuselo endaweni kunokusetyenziswa ixesha kwaye ukungathobeli kungabiza.
Iintlawulo, izigwebo, kunye nexesha lokubanjwa kwezinye iimeko ziphakathi kwezihlwayo zokungathobeli okanye ukuphulwa ngokusemthethweni kwe-HIPAA. Izigwebo zingasetyenziswa ngokuzimeleyo okanye ngokwahlukeneyo kuxhomekeke kwiimeko kunye nokulahlekelwa kwengeniso ngokuqinisekileyo kwiikliniki kunye nabasebenzi abafunyanwa bengaboni. Oku kubonisa ngakumbi imfuno yemigangatho yokusebenza kwiofisi yezobugcisa malunga nokuphathwa kolwazi oluthile lwezempilo.
Nini
Naliphina i-ofisi yezobugcisa okanye indawo kufuneka ivumelane xa iqala ukusebenza. Nangona kunjalo, ezo ofisi kunye nezenzo eziye zenziwa shishini ngaphambi komthetho zanikezelwa ixesha elide lokuhlangana kunye nendlela. UMthetho Wokubuyiswa kweMelika kunye nokuThengiswa koNyaka ka-2009, oyingxenye ye-HITECH Act wanikezela ukuba iiNkonzo zezeMpilo kunye noLuntu ziza kubonelela ngophicotho-zincwadi ukuqinisekisa ukuba onke amashishini afanelekileyo afakwe phantsi kwezi zigunyaziso. I-Ofisi yamaLungelo oLuntu yaqalisa inkqubo yophicotho-mali ngoNovemba ka-2011 bekuza kuqhubekela phambili ukuya ngoDisemba ka-2012, iqhuba "ukuya ku-audited 150 ukuvavanya ubumfihlo nokuthotyelwa kwezokhuseleko." Oku kunokuba ngathi kuyindlela yokubamba iifisi ezingekho ukukrazula umgca, kodwa into eyahlukileyo yayinyani. Ezi ziphumo ziza kusetyenziswa ukuvavanya imizamo yokuthobela i-HIPAA, ukubonelela ngolwazi ngeendlela ezilungileyo, iingozi, kunye nobungozi obungenakwaziwa okanye obucatshangelwayo.
Njani
"Indlela" ye-HIPAA ayikwazi ukubonakaliswa ngokulula ngokukhawuleza ngokukhawuleza ukuba ingcaciso ebalulekileyo. Imimandla emininzi yokunxibelelana kwee-interoffice, iteknoloji esetyenziselwa ukutshata, ukwabelana ngolwazi kunye nesicelo sokuhlawula ukuba iimfuno zakho ziqwalaselwe xa ucinga indlela yokuba yi- HIPAA-iyavumelana kunye noko kuthetha ntoni kwiofisi yakho. Kukho ezininzi izibonelelo ezinokukunceda ukuseka ezi nkcukacha. I-HHS.gov inamaphepha amaninzi kunye nezixhobo ezicacileyo ukucacisa ubunzima belo Mthetho kunye nazo zonke iintsimbi kunye neengcingo ezihamba nazo.