Managing Information Security in Health Care . Included in this comprehensive new toolkit is information on how to implement security measures and to integrate good security process into the everyday working routines. The Toolkit also contains guidelines for monitoring and adjusting to the ever-changing laws, rules and standards. Jeff Collman, PhD, Georgetown University Medical Center, editor of the Toolkit. Guidelines for Establishing Information Security Policies - Provides a comprehensive outline of what policies a health care provider needs to achieve the protection for confidentiality of health information possible from CPRs.
Providers fit guidelines to their mission and state regulations.
Guidelines for Information Security Education Programs - Defines objectives for information security education program, outlines content, proposes educational methodologies and program implementation, and defines types of evaluation studies. Guidelines for Managing Information Security Programs - Addresses the organizational infrastructure needed for an information security program, and delineates responsibilities for an information security manager. Applicable for any size and type of health care provider. To assist in developing confidentiality statements and agreements for employees, volunteers, students, physicians, and vendors in order to ensure health information is protected from unauthorized disclosure and safeguarded to prevent unauthorized modification or destruction. May be useful for drafting and responding to RFPs, writing procedures, designing educational programs, developing job descriptions, and other activities requiring technical clarity.