The effective cyber security measures to support for Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act Compliance.
This is the final submission of your research assignment for this course. The research paper must directly address your approved topic defined during the Residency Weekend through the assignment – Topic Selection and contain all of the following elements;
· a title page.
· an introduction of the content of the paper, including the scholarly value of your research.
· a brief review of the recent literature related to your topic.
· a brief analysis of the synthesized conclusions of the existing research related to your topic.
· a conclusion that summarizes the content of your paper and discusses research gaps and future research opportunities related to your topic.
· a reference page(s).
To complete this assignment, upload a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) that contains your complete paper. Remember that your paper, including your list of sources, must be in APA format, and you MUST cite your references in the body of the paper using APA in-text citation format. A source is any paper or article that you will reference in your paper. If you need more information on APA format (for references list AND in-text citations), visit this reference: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
This assignment must be YOUR OWN WORK! This is an individual assignment. Plagiarism detected in your work will be addressed as discussed in the plagiarism section of the syllabus.
Here are a few details about the overall research paper Please look at the attached rubric for details on how the paper will be graded.
· Your paper must include both a Title page and a Reference page.
· Your paper should NOT include an abstract.
· You paper must include a minimum of 7 peer reviewed resources (articles or papers)
. Cited sources must directly support your paper (i.e. not incidental references)
· Your paper must be at least 1500 words in length (but NOT longer than 2000 words; Scholarly writing should be efficient and precise. Be clear in the information that you are conveying and with the evidence used to support it. Here is a good resource to help with writing concisely:https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/scholarlyvoice/writingconcisely)
. Title and reference pages are NOT included in calculating the paper length.
If you are not sure how to identify peer reviewed papers or articles, please visit the following resources:
http://diy.library.oregonstate.edu/using-google-scholar-find-peer-reviewed-articles http://libguides.gwu.edu/education/peer-reviewed-articles
Introduction
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.The HITECH Act was created to promote and expand the adoption of health information technology, specifically, the use of electronic health records (EHRs) by healthcare providers.
Conclusion
Please use these references:
References
· Anderson, H. (2012, April 9). Utah health breach affects 780,000. Data Breach Today. Retrieved from http://www.databreachtoday.com/utah-health-breach-affects-780000-a-4667 Booz Allen Hamilton
· Bowman, S. (2013, October 1). Impact of electronic health record systems on information integrity: Quality and safety implications. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797550/
· Krisberg K. Cybersecurity: Public health increasingly facing threats. American Journal of Public Health. 2017 Aug 1;107(8):1195
· Langer SG. Cyber-Security Issues in Healthcare Information Technology. Journal of digital imaging. 2017 Feb 1;30(1):117-25. 2.
· Luna R, Rhine E, Myhra M, Sullivan R, Kruse CS. Cyber threats to health information systems: A systematic review. Technol Health Care. 2016 Jan 27;24(1): 1-9. Available from: 10.3233/THC-151102.
· McLaughlin, Peter. Journal of Health Care Compliance. Mar/Apr2017, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p5-12.
· Piliouras, Teresa; Tian, Xin; Desai, Dhaval; Patel, Avani; Shah, Dhara; Su, Yang; (Raymond) Yu, Pui Lam; Sultana, Nadia. 2012 IEEE Long Island Systems, Applications & Technology Conference (LISAT), 1/ 1/2012, pp.1-7.
· https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Information_Technology_for_Economic_and_Clinical_Health_Act
· https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/hospital/hitech-act-summary-healthcare-compliance/
· https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/coveredentities/hitechact.pdf
· https://www.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/hitech_act_excerpt_from_arra_with_index.pdf
· https://www.hipaajournal.com/hitech-compliance/
