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Policy No.: '''6045'''<br /> | Policy No.: '''6045'''<br /> | ||
Effective Date: '''11/21/03'''<br /> | Effective Date: '''11/21/03'''<br /> | ||
Revised Date: ''' | Revised Date: '''09/09/22 draft'''<br /> | ||
Reviewed Date: ''' '''<br /> | Reviewed Date: ''' '''<br /> | ||
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##Right to request an accounting of disclosures (see UNMC Policy No. 6061, [https://wiki.unmc.edu/index.php/Accounting_of_PHI_Disclosures Accounting of Protected Health Information Disclosures]); | ##Right to request an accounting of disclosures (see UNMC Policy No. 6061, [https://wiki.unmc.edu/index.php/Accounting_of_PHI_Disclosures Accounting of Protected Health Information Disclosures]); | ||
##Right to receive a Notice of Privacy Practices (see UNMC Policy No. 6058, [https://wiki.unmc.edu/index.php/Notice_of_Privacy_Practices Notice of Privacy Practices]); and | ##Right to receive a Notice of Privacy Practices (see UNMC Policy No. 6058, [https://wiki.unmc.edu/index.php/Notice_of_Privacy_Practices Notice of Privacy Practices]); and | ||
##Right to file a complaint internally with the Patient Relations Department or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (see UNMC Policy No. 6058, [https://wiki.unmc.edu/index.php/Notice_of_Privacy_Practices Notice of Privacy Practices], | ##Right to file a complaint internally with the Patient Relations Department or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (see UNMC Policy No. 6058, [https://wiki.unmc.edu/index.php/Notice_of_Privacy_Practices Notice of Privacy Practices], UNMC Policy No. 6062, [[Patient/Consumer Complaints]] and '''Nebraska Medicine Patient Complaint and Grievance Management policy''' ''''' needpolicy #'''''<br /> '''Individuals shall not be asked to waive these rights as a condition of receiving treatment.''' | ||
#Nebraska Medicine/UNMC is responsible for safeguarding and protecting confidential information against loss, tampering and use by or disclosure to unauthorized individuals. The safeguarding of confidential information in any form includes when the information is stored and/or being transferred outside the facility (see UNMC Policy No. 6073, [[Transporting Protected Health Information]]). | #Nebraska Medicine/UNMC is responsible for safeguarding and protecting confidential information against loss, tampering and use by or disclosure to unauthorized individuals. The safeguarding of confidential information in any form includes when the information is stored and/or being transferred outside the facility (see UNMC Policy No. 6073, [[Transporting Protected Health Information]]). | ||
#Nebraska Medicine/UNMC workforce has a duty to protect confidential information. Breach of this duty includes but is not limited to the following: | #Nebraska Medicine/UNMC workforce has a duty to protect confidential information. Breach of this duty includes but is not limited to the following: | ||
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Employees, medical staff, volunteers, trainees and other persons whose conduct, in the performance of work for UNMC, is under the direct control of UNMC, whether or not they are paid by UNMC.<br /> | Employees, medical staff, volunteers, trainees and other persons whose conduct, in the performance of work for UNMC, is under the direct control of UNMC, whether or not they are paid by UNMC.<br /> | ||
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In addition for purposes of this policy. | '''''In addition for purposes of this policy.''''' | ||
===Information Security=== | ===Information Security=== | ||
The set of policies and practices designed to protect PHI from any unauthorized access, use, disclosure, modification, destruction or loss. | The set of policies and practices designed to protect PHI from any unauthorized access, use, disclosure, modification, destruction or loss. | ||
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*[http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/privacyinitiatives/glbact.html Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act] (GLBA) | *[http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/privacyinitiatives/glbact.html Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act] (GLBA) | ||
*[http://www.ed.gov/offices/OM/fpco/ferpa/index.html Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act] (FERPA) | *[http://www.ed.gov/offices/OM/fpco/ferpa/index.html Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act] (FERPA) | ||
*University of Nebraska [https://nebraska.edu/-/media/unca/docs/offices-and-policies/policies/board-governing-documents/board-of-regents-bylaws.pdf?la=en Board of Regents Bylaws] | *University of Nebraska [https://nebraska.edu/-/media/unca/docs/offices-and-policies/policies/board-governing-documents/board-of-regents-bylaws.pdf?la=en Board of Regents Bylaws] | ||
*University of Nebraska [https://nebraska.edu/-/media/unca/docs/offices-and-policies/policies/board-governing-documents/board-of-regents-policies.pdf?la=en Board of Regents Policies] | *University of Nebraska [https://nebraska.edu/-/media/unca/docs/offices-and-policies/policies/board-governing-documents/board-of-regents-policies.pdf?la=en Board of Regents Policies] | ||