Question

25 and 26 please, thanks

25 of the Security Rule's three categories, which one establishes the foundation on which the other safeguards depend? A Physical safeguards. BO Workplace safeguards. Co Administrative safeguards. DO Technical safeguards. 26 Which of these is a characteristic of a good sanction policy? AO it shouldn't be developed until all security policies and procedures are in place. BO The punishment should be the same regardless of the offense. Co it should apply to mid-level and low-level employees. DO It should apply to everyone, including top-level executives,

Answer 1

25.C

Administrative Safeguards

administrative actions, and policies and procedures, to manage the selection, development, implementation, and maintenance of security measures to protect electronically protected health information and to manage the conduct of the covered entity’s workforce in relation to the protection of that information.”
The Administrative safeguards cover over half of the HIPAA Security requirements and are focused on the execution of security practices for protecting ePHI. The Administrative safeguards implement policies that aim to prevent, detect, contain, as well as correct security violations and can be seen as the groundwork of the HIPAA Security Rule. By laying down a solid security foundation in regards to security management processes, assignment of responsibility, enforcement of workforce security, information access, training, as well as plans and protocol in the event where a breach does occur, the covered entity can be better prepared, thus reducing the impact or preventing breaches altogether.

26. D

It is in the best interest of the healthcare industry generally, and this practice in particular, to address the issue of securing the Privacy and Security of individually-identifiable health information in a proactive manner through implementation of sanction practice standards. Aside from the necessity to ensure patient privacy as an ethical obligation, it is smart business. Data breach notification laws in more than 40 states require an organization to notify breach victims, which can damage its reputation.

The purpose of this policy is to apply appropriate sanctions against workforce members who fail to comply with the security policies or procedures of PROVIDER_NAME. ... Failure to comply with this or any other security policy will result in disciplinary actions as per the Sanction Policy.