Palmer College of Chiropractic is committed to identifying and evaluating the likelihood and consequences of threats to the security of Protected Health Information (PHI) and implementing reasonable and appropriate measures to safeguard the confidentiality, availability and integrity of that information.
The term “breach” refers to the unauthorized acquisition, access, use or disclosure of PHI, which compromises the security or privacy of such information in a way that poses a significant risk of financial, reputational or other harm to the affected individual.
All employees, students and any other member of the College community are required to report any suspected or actual HIPAA incidences that might involve the acquisition, access, use or disclosure of unsecured protected health information within 24 hours of discovery.
Additionally, business associates must notify the College if a HIPAA incident occurs at, or by, the business associate within 24 hours of discovery.
Any person described above who fails to report any suspected or actual HIPAA incidences of which they become aware may be subject to disciplinary action up to, and including termination of employment, or dismissal as a student.
