Ulwaphulo lobumfihlo lwengcaciso yempilo ekhuselweyo luyaqhubeka luba yingxaki kulo lonke uphuhliso lwempilo. Izixhobo kulo lonke ilizwe ziye zathola ukuba zijongene neentlawulo ngenxa yokuchazwa okungagunyazisiyo kolwazi lwesigulane nokuba ngaba yingozi okanye ayikho. Amanani aphezulu eengxelo zegulane abandakanyeka naliphi na ixesha ulwaphulo olwenzekayo lunokufikelela kumawaka angamakhulu amawaka ukuya kwizigidi ezigidi zeedola kwiimali.
Izibhengezo ezenziwe ngokumalunga nolwazi lwezempilo olukhuselekile (PHI) ngaphandle kokugunyazwa kwabo kuthathwa njengophula umthetho woBucala phantsi kwe-HIPAA. Uninzi lwaphulo oluyimfihlo alubangelwa yinjongo enobungozi kodwa ngengozi okanye ukunganaki kwintlangano.
Iofisi nganye yonyango inomthwalo kwizigulane zabo ngumthetho wezemfundo ukugcina ulwazi lwabo lwempilo lwabucala ngasese kwaye lukhuselekile. Izixhobo kubonakala ngathi zenzelwe inceba yabasebenzi babo xa kuziwa ekuqinisekiseni ukuba i-HIPAA iyathobela, nangona kunjalo, okuchaseneyo kuyinyaniso. Xa ukhuseleko lwe-PHI yesigulane liphulwa, lubonisa ukuba kukho umgodi kwindawo ethile kwi- HIPAA yomgaqo wokuthobela .
Nangona kungekho mgaqo-nkqubo okhuselekileyo we-100%, kukho iindawo ezithile ezona zixhobo ezingakwazi ukuhlangabezana nazo xa ziceba, ziphuhlisa kwaye zifezekisa umgaqo-nkqubo wazo wobumfihlo kunye nokukhuselwa kolwazi lwegulane.
- Ukuphucula i-ofisi yakho yezokwelapha kwinkqubo yokurekhoda yempilo yekhompyutha yezokukhusela ukuba inkqubo yokugcina irekhodi-iphepha ayikwazi ukunikela. Ngendlela yokurekhoda kwempilo yekhompyutha, ulwazi lunokudluliselwa ngokufanelekileyo kwaye lukhuselekileyo kwi-intanethi. Ulwazi lwekhompyutheni lunokwabelwana nabanye ababoneleli bezempilo okanye izigulane ezininzi ngokukhawuleza kunamaxwebhu eencwadi ngokubonelela ngokukhawuleza kwirekhodi yonke.
- Inethiwekhi ekhuselekileyo yekhompyutha kunye ne-intanethi ukukhusela ukukhwabanisa okubi.
- Ukufikelela okuthe ngqo kwe-PHI kubaqeshwa be-ofisi yezobugcisa xa ulwazi aluyimfuneko emsebenzini wabo othile. Oku kunciphisa ithuba lokufikelela ngumbani ongekho ngqo ngqo nokunyamekela isigulane okanye ayifuni ulwazi lomguli ukuba enze umsebenzi wakhe ngempumelelo.
- I-software yokulandelela ukuloba nokubeka iliso rhoqo ixesha elisebenzayo elisebenzayo okanye lifumana ulwazi njengendlela yokwenza umkhangeli umsebenzi.
- Ukusasazwa kwemisebenzi yeofisi yezokwelapha ngendlela enqanda umntu omnye ukuba abe nokufikelela okupheleleyo kwiirekhodi zezempilo ezipheleleyo. Oku kufanele kube yingxenye ebalulekileyo yomgaqo-nkqubo wolawulo lwangaphakathi.
Kukho uninzi lwezibonelelo ezifumanekayo ezihambisa imfundo noqeqesho lwabasebenzi bee-medical office ukwenzela ukunciphisa amathuba okuphulwa kwe-HIPAA. Ukuze uphumelele ukuphepha ukuphulwa kobucala, bonke ababoneleli kunye nabasebenzi kufuneka bafundiswe kwaye baqeqeshwe kwi-HIPAA nkqubo. Yonke imizamo kufuneka yenziwe ukuba ihambelane nezikhokelo ezisungulwe yi-HIPAA. Kubalulekile ukhuseleko lwezigulane, uluntu kunye neofisi yezokwelapha ukuba ezi zikhokelo zilandelwe ngokukhawuleza.