ADMN 1380 Health Information Management Project Work Assessment

Demonstrate effective, confidential health information management methods and practices within the health office environment in accordance with current legal requirements

Instructions:

• Write concise instructions that would make it easy for a new health office administrator/ Agent to lookup the expectations to effectively manage personal health information (PHI) in your medical office. Ensure the focus of your instructions is the health office administrator’s (HOA/Agent)

1.  Essentially, this is a piece (or a chapter) of an Office Policy and Procedure Handbook. Most employers have a Policies & Procedures book that is directly linked to the inner workings of the office or department. This must be read and is usually updated on an annual basis.

• This is your own personal office. Apply what you have learned in this Module to a hypothetical office of your

• How you create these instructions is up to you. You can have a Word document (500-1,000 words), PowerPoint (est 10 slides), Infographic, video, H5P, Sway, .

Include:

• If you chose a form other than Word document, be sure to include your notes and reasoning for using this form of media. You can record your voice/add audio to any of your submission if you wish.

• The health office administrator’s roles and responsibilities in the lifecycle of a client
• CPSO guidelines for ensuring privacy through proper storage, security, maintenance and disposing of client
• Outline the appropriate actions to avoid breach of privacy. PHIPA and PIPEDA implicitly state that policies and procedures must be in place to protect Personal

Health Information (PHI). Use the PHIPA and PIPEDA as your guide and make explicit rules for your own office for the HOA to fully understand what a breach of privacy is, how to avoid it, and what happens if they are caught breaking these rules.

• Other information you feel is a requirement for the effective use and the maintenance of the Patient’s Health Information and the Cumulative Patient Profile
• A reference page