Abstract

The adoption of information technology by healthcare organizations has increased the risk of patient data being improperly handled by healthcare organizations. As a result of this growing concern, the United States government and state authorities have implemented various regulations to mitigate the privacy concerns. However, surveys show that healthcare organizations fail to achieve information privacy compliance. This study proposed to examine the creation of information privacy culture from the different occupational communities in healthcare organizations to help achieve information privacy compliance. This research would apply the dynamic social impact theory (DSIT) and the theory explains how coherent structures of cultural elements are developed from the interactions of people located in the same spatial location. This paper argues that interaction is important because healthcare professionals have different attitudes about each other’s field that requires cultural synergy to enable healthcare organizations to achieve HIPAA compliance practice.

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Understanding HIPAA Compliance Practice in Healthcare Organizations in a Cultural Context

The adoption of information technology by healthcare organizations has increased the risk of patient data being improperly handled by healthcare organizations. As a result of this growing concern, the United States government and state authorities have implemented various regulations to mitigate the privacy concerns. However, surveys show that healthcare organizations fail to achieve information privacy compliance. This study proposed to examine the creation of information privacy culture from the different occupational communities in healthcare organizations to help achieve information privacy compliance. This research would apply the dynamic social impact theory (DSIT) and the theory explains how coherent structures of cultural elements are developed from the interactions of people located in the same spatial location. This paper argues that interaction is important because healthcare professionals have different attitudes about each other’s field that requires cultural synergy to enable healthcare organizations to achieve HIPAA compliance practice.