Patient Safety Identifier

After reading the AHIMA article, what are your feeling of having a Patient Safety Identifier? Remember having the identifier would also include your PHI. Your response must be a minimum of one page. Read the article by AHIMA “AHIMA Launches Petition for National Voluntary Patient Safety Identifier.” Research https://www.healthit.gov/safer/guide/sg006. The government has given 14 “suggestion” on best practices to protect the patient’s protected health information Name Professor Course Date A Patient Safety Identifier The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) article has deeply tackled the advancement of hospitals in the strategies of handling patients in the best way in hospitals. A portion of the article covers the use of having a patient safety identifier and also how important it is in life saving. The association has an online petition that is aiming at having the administration allowing the private and the public conversations about a voluntary patient-controlled Patient Safety Identifier (Hjort, 67). According to them a patient who chooses a unique identifier would be more efficiently connected and matched with their health records. With this doctors and hospices would be in a better position to exchange patient information better and safely. Having this patient safety identifier would be a much safer way of doctors and hospitals to deal with patients who have severe diseases such as cancer, hypertension and others which might need close care. The doctor and the patient will be in a position to maintain a constant flow of the health progress of the patient and incase of any advanced help the doctors find the patient will be in better position receive the help as soon as it is found. It would really feel safe to have a patient safety identifier. However much it might feel safe to have a patient safety identifier it also has its drawbacks and weaknesses. The whole flow of information is technology and in this is where the patient has their Personal Health Information (PHI). In case of any failure, delay or breakdown of the process the whole thing and flow of information is interrupted (Hjort, 48). Alongside interruption, there are other dangers like hacking of information which might land an individual’s health information in the wrong hands. This is a great way of interrupting the privacy of individual since any information concerning an individual’s health should remain confined to only them that are concerned and not anyone else. Work cited Hjort, Beth. "AHIMA Report Addresses Evolving Role Of Health Care Privacy And Security Officers." Journal Of Health Care Compliance 9.3 (2007): 47-68. Business Source Complete. Web. 24 Oct. 2016.