dits Information Governance and Organizational Compliance

Total Points: $150$

Goals

The purpose of this project is to research and explain how Health Insurance Portability and

Accountability Act of $1996($HIPAA$)$ audits, a proven data strategy, identify violations of

information governance initiatives and to evaluate how organizations utilize policies and

procedures to ensure compliance with regulations and standards. The goals of this assignment

are to help you:

$$ become more knowledgeable about finding and using varied research sources to

understand the history of HIPAA audits, HIPAA violations, and information governance

initiatives;

$$ further develop your critical thinking skills and back up your points with evidence;

$$ become more adept at synthesizing information and developing informed views;

$$ discipline yourself to follow a scholarly research format to document in$-$text sources and

a reference page; and

$$ compose a well$-$organized, clear, concise research paper to expand your knowledge on

HIPAA and information governance.

Content Organization $(90$ pts$.)$

Your final paper must be in APA style $($American Psychological Style Association$)$ and include the

following sections:

$$ Title page to include student name, course name, course number, project name, and

submission date.

$$ Abstract $$ This is a one$-$paragraph summary $(150-250$ words$)$ of the key points of your

research topic. Include a paragraph of keywords from your research. See the APA

sample paper to learn how to format this.

$$ Introduction $$ In this section, you will describe HIPAA and discuss the legislations

impact on privacy, security, and information governance.

$$ Body of the project $$ In this section, you will identify examples of how implementation

of HIPAA audits have been utilized to detect violations and discuss how violations have

impacted the health care industry.

$$ Conclusion $$ This section focuses specifically on the policies and procedures employed

by health care organizations to ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations and

standards. Frame the discussion for this section as an evaluation analysis.

$$ Reference page $$ This is a separate page and the last page of the document that lists all

sources used for your research. Do not include sources that you did not draw from for

your final write$-$up$.$ Format sources using APA style. Use the $3$ resource links provided

in the section below to guide you in setting up each citation. Entries will be formatted