Part I

1. What is the difference between a license, a certification and an accreditation? 2. If you were to open a business related to health services, would you need a license, certification and accreditation to open it?

Concepts	What is?	Main features	Regulation, law or standard?
Regulation (Yes/No)	Law (Yes/No)	Standard (Yes/No)
JointCommission
Joint Commission Record of Care, Treatment, and Services Standards
Joint Commission Information Management Standards
National Committee for Quality Assurance
HIPAA
HITECH

Part II:

Security in the information systems of organizations that provide health services.

Suppose you are to submit a safety program for a health care organization based on the following activity guides and submit it to a supervisor: 1. Internal, external, intentional and unintentional threats to the security of health care information. It presents two threats of each type. 2. Components of the HIPAA security rules. 3. Two security measures for each of the following categories: a. Administrative b. Physical c. Techniques 4. Includes a section that talks about the following topics: a. business continuity b. Disaster recovery plans c. Identifies and analyzes risks related to the following. d. Provide recommendations. e. Use of wireless networks f. Remote access to health information g. Ways to minimize risks