Securing Health Information

California Office of HIPAA Implementation

Alex Kam, Acting Director

Voting Button TestBased on hearing my “slight” accent, I am originally from:

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1. Boston

2. Alabama

3. New Orleans

4. Hawaii

5. None of the Above

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What amount of the Gross Domestic Product is spent on healthcare in 2007?

$800Billion

$950Billion

$2.2Trillion

$4.7Trillion

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Source: California Health Care Foundation, Snapshot Health Care Costs 101: 2007

1. $800 Billion

2. $950 Billion

3. $2.2 Trillion

4. $4.7 Trillion

1960$28B $75B

$254B

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$714B

1970 1980 1990 2007

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What percentage of the Gross Domestic Product is spent on health care costs in 2007?

1. 5%

2. 10%

3. 12%

4. 16%25%

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25%

5% 10% 12% 16%

Housing

OtherRecreationEducation

Transportation

Food

Healthcare???%

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), U.S. Department of Commerce

What country ranks ahead of the United States for health care outcomes (overall health care)?

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1. South Korea

2. Andorra

3. New Zealand

4. Poland

Source: World Health Organization

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New Healthcare Technologies• Information Technology for Assisted Living at

Home (ITALH),

• BIOPOETS (Biomolecular Polymer Opto-Electronic Technology and Science)

• Telemedicine- Extension of our senses

• E.g. Use of the cell phone microscopy (cell phone to transmit microscopic images)

Source: http://ucdavis.citris-uc.org/research/healthcare

Trust• Consumers don’t trust providers • Providers don’t trust plans• Consumers don’t trust plans• Providers don’t trust providers

State Leadership

Consumers Providers Payers+ +

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Where is California Headed?

• Healthcare Financing Study

• Implementing Service Oriented Architecture

• Implementation of a Mental Health Electronic Record

• Privacy and Security Advisory Board

Is your departments storing or transmitting electronic health information (including employee health records)?

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1. Yes – Our department stores or transmits information

2. No – Our department does not

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Risks to Your Organization

• Confidentiality – Information is disclosed to unauthorized parties.

• Data integrity - Data and information not being accurate and complete.

• Reputation - adverse public opinion

• Operational – Unable to do business due to system failure or inoperability.

Things you can do!

• Be engaged and get your organizations to be security conscious

• Hold your ISO and organization accountable to security policies

• When breaches happen make sure there is a recovery, remediation, and learning plan

The End

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