PSYC 3430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Retinal Scan, Blood Test, Uptodate
13 Jan 2020
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Technical safeguards: technology used and related policies and procedures that protect and control access to electronic health information. Implement role-based access rights for systems that access personal health information accesses: regular testing of systems. Authenticating a user, or logging in , can be more than just remembering your username and password. Other methods: smart cards, tokens and biometric identifiers (ex: voice), fingerprint, or retinal scan. The sensitivity of data, system capabilities, and available resources can determine the need (and cost) for the authentication method. Administrative safeguards: policies and practices that support protection of personal health information (usually responsibility of management and privacy officer). Examples: designation of a privacy officer for your pharmacy. This is the go to" person for matters related to privacy and security and typically the primary contact for the respective privacy commissioner"s office. Requirements may vary by province or jurisdiction check with your.
