title: Stealing your good name.
abstract: Identity theft--the fastest-growing crime in America--has infiltrated the health care sector. The medical practice administrator plays a key role in protecting a group's employees and patients from this peril. The vast amounts of patient data stored by health care organizations--paper and electronic--can lure identity thieves. The daunting task of developing and implementing policies to safeguard protected health information for patients, physicians and employees frequently falls to the practice manager.
authors.affiliation: Helena (Mont.) OB/GYN Associates PC, USA. dlopach@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Dawn L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Lopach
mesh_terms: D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D008499:Medical Records; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013800:Theft / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States