Reference no: EM133572398

Case Study: Personal health information (PHI) must be kept confidential and secure. Healthcare organizations and those working in them must maintain confidentiality, privacy, and security.

A physician group is no different than other organizations. It wants to find ways to improve the quality of care it provides to patients. This, in turn, helps the physician group remain profitable and stay in business. As a result, the senior leaders of your physician group have asked you to provide a documentation review of the quality of care provided by the office. As the office manager, you are responsible for managing the health information within the office and reviewing information to determine whether providers met quality of care standards.

Typically, in the workplace, the physician group's specialty area (cancer, diabetes, dermatology, et cetera) would dictate the disease or condition for which you would be collecting information.

Question:

What is PHI? What PHI might be collected for a project? How does HIPPA apply to this project?