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Analyze a health care organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis) in relation to privacy and security risks and HIPAA compliance. Write a risk report (3-4 pages) providing background information on privacy and security and summarizing SWOT analysis findings.

For this first course assessment, you will assume the role of a HIM analyst for Valley City Regional Hospital, part of the Vila Health system, in North Dakota. One of your major tasks is to create the hospital's privacy and security plan. As part of that task, the hospital's director of quality assurance has asked you to prepare a SWOT analysis and report.

Instructions

In this first assessment, you will assume the role of a HIM analyst for Valley City Regional Hospital, part of the Vila Health system, in North Dakota. One of your major tasks is to create the hospital's privacy and security plan. As part of that task, the hospital's director of quality assurance has asked you to prepare a SWOT analysis. To help you complete your SWOT analysis, the director of quality assurance has arranged for you to meet with the risk management manager to gather information about the risk audit the hospital recently completed.

This assessment consists of two parts.

Part 1: Conduct a SWOT analysis based on your findings from the Vila Health: Identifying Risks media piece.

You will be able to create a PDF document of your SWOT analysis within the media piece. In accordance with HIPAA law, professionalism, and ethical standards, your SWOT analysis will need to focus on Valley City Regional Hospital's strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities related to protecting the privacy and security of health information.

Within the weaknesses and threats quadrants of your SWOT analysis, be sure to answer these questions:

• What health information management privacy and security risks did you identify for Valley City Regional Hospital?
• What health information management professional, ethical, and legal issues did you identify for Valley City Regional Hospital?

Part 2: Prepare a risk report that provides introductory information about privacy and security in health information and summarizes key SWOT analysis findings.

In your risk report, please be sure to include the following headings and address the questions under each heading:

HIPAA's Purpose and Scope (1/2 page)

• What is HIPAA?
• What is its purpose?
• What is its scope?

Privacy vs. Security (1/2 page)

• What does privacy mean in health information management?
• What does security mean in health information management?
• How are privacy and security alike?
• How are they different?

Purpose and Benefits of Identifying Privacy and Security Risks (1/2 page)

• Why do health care organizations want to identify privacy and security risks?
• What are the benefits of identifying these risks?
• Who benefits from health care organizations identifying privacy and security risks?

SWOT Analysis Findings (1 to 2 pages)

• How would you headline the key findings from each of the four quadrants of your SWOT analysis?

Conclusion (1 to 2 paragraphs)

• What are the two to three most important points you want the director of quality assurance to remember from your risk report and your SWOT analysis?