Your role at Mercy Vale Medical Center is a Health Information Manager- you are to answer the questions as a Health Information Manager
Two Policy Statements for Mercy Vale
Write two clear, comprehensivepolicy statements, explaining the reasons for the policy, the procedures (exactly what should and should not be done), and the policy’s intended goals.
- Protecting PHI on public and clinical computers
- Completing discharge paperwork fully and correctly
Security of Patient Health Information
Explain how your policies guide staff in keeping patient health information secure.
Procedures for Management to Track Access
Explain how your policies provide procedures for management to track access to patient health information.
Alignment With Appropriate Health Laws
Explain how your policies align with appropriate health laws to further improve the organization’s compliance with standard-setting agencies.
Effective Collaboration
Recomend leadership strategies that encourage effective collaboration between members of the health information management team and other staff members in the organization.
Steps of New Procedures
Explain how your training plan clearly demonstrates to employees the steps of new procedures that employees must now perform and follow, supporting with examples of how employees will act out procedures.
Improving Compliance
Explain how your training plan clearly demonstrates how these new procedures will improve compliance with regulations and standard-setting agencies.
Disseminating and Enforcing New Procedures
Explain how your training plan recommends leadership strategies that could be used by management in disseminating and enforcing these new procedures
Training Plan Outline
Outline a training plan to gain buy-in from staff on complying with the new policies. What agenda will you follow? What methods will you use? Which presentation tool? What, if any, ancillary materials will you create?