This assignment covers all the regulations, policies, and laws that govern healthcareedical and health recordsnd regulatory compliance. For this assignment, you will develop a report that will cover information regarding HIPAA, patient privacy, release of information, healthcare licensing, accreditation, safety, and risk assessment.?It is important to understand how all these components work together to protect the healthcare provider and the patient. 

Instructions 

View the Health Information Committee Scenario for Central City hospital?(BELOW) and then develop a five-page report detailing each of the components listed below.  

Explain the importance of being accredited by The Joint Commission. 

Discuss the difference between licensing and accreditation. 

• Explain the difference between privacy, confidentiality, and security in the healthcare setting. 
• Discuss the importance of PHI and the function of the HIPAA Privacy rule.  
• Explain the importance of patients knowing their health information will not be shared without the Authorization for Release of Information. 
• Discuss the importance of ethics and ethical behavior in healthcare. 
• Explain risk management and why it is important in healthcare. 
• Introduction- Health Information Committee Scenario for Central City hospital
  Jan Frances has just been hired as Director of Operations for Administrative Services for a small, rural, 20-bed hospital. The Central City hospital is in a close-knit community where everyone knows everyone, and things are done nformally. here are few formalized policies, processes, and documents in the Health Information Management Department (known as the Medical Record Department.) If someone wants their patient information, they just ask for it. Business relationships are informal, a handshake is as good as a formal contract. The Central City hospital is scheduled for a review by The Joint Commission in one year, and the Chief Executive Officer, Tom Holland wants to make sure that the hospital is prepared. You have been asked to serve as chairperson for the Health Information Management Committee. This committee will be responsible for developing policies and procedures to formalize how the process for how patients can access their health information, and appropriate healthcare professionals will be able to access patient information, communicate, and be protected. Your first initiative is to demonstrate to your committee your knowledge of content related to health information as well as establish content expectations for all committee members