You are the office manager at a large orthopedic clinic. While watching the evening news, you learn that there has been an increasing number of medical identity thefts in the area. The patient population that the orthopedic clinic serves is at high risk for medical identity theft.

The next day at the office staff meeting, you discuss the information you heard on the nightly news concerning the increasing number of medical identity 'thefts. The staff agrees that the population served by the clinic is at high risk for identity theft and wishes to take a proactive approach.

You decide to place a poster in the lobby about medical identity theft to help educate your patients and the public.

To complete this assignment:

Research Medical identity theft.

Identify different methods of theft.

Articulate different preventative means of combating identify theft.

Create a poster for the lobby. Your poster should be eye$-$catching and must contain graphics.

Develop a policy and procedure for the validation of a patient's identity.

Submit both components for grading.