WGU C810 Foundations in HC Data Management (2023 – 2024) Verified Solution
IGPHC - ____________ is an information governance framework specific to the
... [Show More] healthcare industry which establishes a foundation of best practices for IG programs in the form of eight principles:
IG - An organization-wide framework for managing information throughout its lifecycle and supporting the organization's strategy, operations, regulatory, legal, risk, and environmental requirements
Accountability
Transparency
Integrity
Protection
Compliance
Availability
Retention
Disposition - What are the eight principles included in the Information Governance Principles for Healthcare (IGPHC)?
Principle of Accountability - An accountable member of senior leadership, or a person of comparable authority, shall oversee the information governance program and delegate program responsibility for information management to appropriate individuals. The organization should adopt policies and procedures to guide its workforce and agents and ensure that its program can be audited.
Principle of Transparency - An organization's processes and activities relating to information governance should be documented in an open and verifiable manner. Documentation shall be available to the organization's workforce and other appropriate interested parties within any legal or regulatory limitations and consistent with the organization's business needs
Principle of Integrity - An information governance program shall be constructed so the information generated by, managed for, or provided to the organization has a reasonable and suitable guarantee of authenticity and reliability.
Principle of Protection - An information governance program must ensure that the appropriate levels of protection from breach, corruption, and loss are provided for information that is private, confidential, secret, classified, essential to business continuity, or otherwise requires protection.
Principle of Compliance - An information governance program shall be constructed to comply with applicable laws, regulations, standards, and organizational policies.
Principle of Availability - An organization shall maintain information in a manner that ensures timely, accurate, and efficient retrieval.
Principle of Retention - An organization shall maintain its information for an appropriate time, taking into account its legal, regulatory, fiscal, operational, and historical requirements. [Show Less]