Amahhovisi ezempilo kufanele avikele ulwazi lomuntu siqu lwezempilo
Elinye lamalungelo ayisisekelo isiguli esinalo sinelungelo lobumfihlo. Iziguli zinelungelo lokunquma ukuthi ubani, nini, nokuthi zingakanani ulwazi lwabo lwezempilo oluyimfihlo olubonakalayo oluvezwayo. Lolu lwazi lubandakanya kodwa alukhawulelwanga ekuxilongweni kwezokwelapha, izinhlelo zokwelashwa, imiyalelo, ulwazi lomshuwalense wezempilo, ulwazi lofuzo, amarekhodi ocwaningo lwezempilo, kanye namarekhodi ezempilo yengqondo.
Ezigulini, ukungabi nobuqili kungabangela ukuhlazeka, ukuhlazeka umphakathi kanye nokubandlululwa.
Umthwalo Wokuvikela Ubumfihlo Bokubekezela
Odokotela kanye nabanye ochwepheshe bezokwelapha abasebenza neziguli kanye namarekhodi abo ezokwelapha okuyimfihlo kufanele balandele izinqubomgomo, izinqubo, nemithetho eyenzelwe ukuvikela ubumfihlo begciwane kanye nemfihlo. Bonke abahlinzeki bezempilo banomthwalo wemfanelo wokugcina abasebenzi babo baqeqeshiwe futhi banolwazi mayelana nokuhambisana kwe- HIPAA . Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukudalula okungenakugunyazwa noma okungekho emthethweni kwe-PHI kuthathwa njengokuphulwa kwe-HIPAA.
Khumbuza abasebenzi bakho umhlangano ngamunye mayelana nokubaluleka kokugwema ukudalulwa kolwazi ngokusebenzisa ingxoxo evamile; ukuxoxa ngolwazi ngesineke ezindaweni zokulinda, emigwaqeni noma ezikhungweni; ukulahlwa okufanele kwe-PHI; futhi ukufinyelela kolwazi kunqunyelwe kuphela kwabasebenzi abanemisebenzi efuna ukuthi ulwazi.
Ukuqapha Ukuvikela Isiguli Somuntu
Kukhona izinyathelo eziningi zokuqapha ukuthi izikhungo zokunakekelwa kwezempilo nezakhiwo kumele zithinte ukuvimbela ngengozi noma ukudalula ngamabomu ulwazi lwezempilo oluvikelwe.
- Ukulahlwa okufanele kwe-PHI: Ukulahlwa okufanele kwezempilo evikelekile (PHI) nolunye ulwazi oluyimfihlo ukuthi iphepha noma ifomethi ye-elektroniki iyimfuneko ye-HIPAA. Iphepha le-PHI akumele liphonswe kudoti ovamile. Ukubeka i-PHI kumabheji noma amadokhumenti akuyona indlela evikelekile yokulahla i-PHI. I-PHI ye-elekthronikhi ayincane kakhulu yokufuna ukulahlwa. Kodwa-ke, uma ihhovisi lakho lisebenzisa noma yiluphi uhlobo lwezinto eziphathekayo eziphathekayo noma eziphathekayo ezifana ne-floppy disks, ama-CD noma ama-flash drives, qiniseka ukuthi usula, ususe noma ushintshe noma yiluphi ulwazi olungasadingeki.
- Ukudalulwa Okufanele kwe-PHI: Ukunikezwa okunikeziwe mayelana nolwazi lwezempilo oluvikelwe ngesiguli (PHI) ngaphandle kokugunyazwa kwalo kuthathwa njengokuphula umthetho we-Privacy ngaphansi kwe-HIPAA. Ubugebengu obuningi bokungasese abukho ngenxa yezinhloso ezimbi kepha kukhona ngengozi noma ukunganakwa kwengxenye yenhlangano. Izivikelo ezifanelekayo kufanele zithathwe ukunciphisa ingozi yokusetshenziswa noma ukudalulwa kwe-PHI okungavumelekile. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ulwazi lungasetshenziswa noma luvezwe njengomphumela wenye ukusetshenziswa noma ukudalulwa.
I-HIPAA Private Rule imininingwane imininingwane yokuthi ulwazi oluvikelwe lungasetshenziswa kanjani futhi luvezwe nokuthi yiluphi ulwazi olubhekwa njenge-PHI. Iphinde ibonise ukuthi abahlinzeki bendima bazisa iziguli zamalungelo abo wobumfihlo. Inhloso eyinhloko yesaziso semikhuba yobumfihlo ukukwazisa iziguli zamalungelo abo nendlela yokusebenzisa lawo malungelo.
Ubuchwepheshe Nobumfihlo
Kunezinhlobo zobuchwepheshe obukhona ezenzelwe ukuvikela idatha yesiguli. Khetha ngokukhetha amadivaysi nesofthiwe egcina idatha phezu kokuxhumeka okungenantambo okufaka umlilo, anti-virus, anti-spyware, kanye nobuchwepheshe bokutholakala kwe-intrusion. Sebenzisa ukuqapha okukhulu lapho ufinyelela idatha ngaphezu kokuxhumeka okude. Ochwepheshe be-IT basikisela ukusebenzisa uhlelo lokuqinisekiswa kwezinhlangothi ezimbili ngamathokheni wokuphepha namaphasiwedi.
Ukuthuthukisa Inqubomgomo Yobumfihlo ye-Medical Office
Imithetho ye-HIPAA idinga ukuqokwa kwe-secret officer ukuthi ibe nesibopho ekuthuthukiseni nasekusebenziseni izinqubomgomo nezinqubo zokuthobela i-HIPAA. Lapho uthuthukisa inqubomgomo yobumfihlo:
- Ukuthuthukisa inqubo yokulawulwa kokuphepha okubandakanya ukuthuthukiswa kwezinqubomgomo nezinqubo, ukuhlolwa kwangaphakathi, uhlelo lokubhekana nokuphepha kanye nezinye izivikelo ukuqinisekisa ukulandelwa kwabasebenzi behhovisi lezokwelapha.
- Thuthukisa izinqubomgomo zokuqinisekisa ukugunyazwa kokufinyelela, ukulawula imishini nokuphatha izivakashi.
- Thuthukisa futhi unikeze amadokhumenti kuhlanganise nemiyalelo yokuthi ihhovisi lakho lezokwelapha lingakusiza kanjani ukuvikela i- PHI (isibonelo, ukuvula ikhompyutha ngaphambi kokushiya ngaphandle kokulindelwe.
- Ukudala inqubomgomo yemidiya yezenhlalakahle kubasebenzi behhovisi lezokwelapha ubeka iziqondiso zokuvikela ubumfihlo begciwane futhi kuvimbela ukwephulwa kwemithetho Yobumfihlo ye-HIPAA.