UAMS HIPAA Office Mission Statement
Our mission is to oversee compliance with the HIPAA Privacy and Security regulations for all UAMS covered components of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hybrid entity and UAMS policies related to privacy and security of patient information.
Corporate Compliance Ethics Week
Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week began in 2005 to shine a spotlight on the importance of compliance and ethics. The core principles of the week are awareness, recognition, and reinforcement. Beginning 2019, each of the four areas of the UAMS Office of Institutional Compliance selects one member of Team UAMS to recognize as their Compliance Champion for the year.
HIPAA Compliance Champions
2022 HIPAA Compliance Champions
For years, Outpatient Pharmacy was having a lot of breaches involving medications and patient information given to the wrong patient. They constantly advocated to get more space. They have a very high volume of patients and since they have moved into their new space, breaches have significantly decreased.
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2021 HIPAA Compliance Champion
Heather Schmiegelow, HIPAA Campus Coordinator and UAMS Privacy Officer, together with her team nominated Cara Kirby, RHIA, as the 2021 HIPAA Compliance Champion.
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2019 HIPAA Compliance Champion
Dr. Jim Clardy, MD, Director, UAMS Center for Graduate Medical Education, Professor of Psychiatry, received the HIPAA Compliance Champion award in celebration of Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week, Nov. 2019.
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