Key Provisions of TGH's HIPAA Policies
{"Image DocumentName": "Key Provisions of TGH\u2019s HIPAA Policies", "Image ImageDescription": "Medical Identity Theft (con\u2019t) Observe employee accessing patient information through a information systems applications; writing or printing the information and leaving work with it. Observe employee going through trash that has patient information in it. Removing it and taking it home . Just because Red Flag indicators are present, does not necessarily mean identity theft has occurred. Staff must be objective in evaluating each case. If an employee reasonably believes identity theft has occurred or may be occurring, the employee should immediately notify their Supervisor and an incident Report should be completed. Example. A former employee of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, LA was sentenced to 4 years and 8 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing patient information and using it to defraud insurance companies. At Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore a former patient services coordinator was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing patient information to make credit card purchases and obtain cash.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}