Sound Masking – Protecting Patient Health Information in Today's Healthcare Facility

 

Although many states already enforce privacy protections, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) establishes a federal floor for privacy and is the first comprehensive federal plan for health privacy protections. As a federal mandate, non-compliance is subject to penalties including fines, and in some cases, imprisonment.

It is important to understand what you can do to prepare your facilities to protect PHI. This presentation will focus on the oral privacy portion of HIPAA and how protecting oral privacy can be achieved with sound masking and proper acoustics.

Join us for a 90-minute audio conference on oral privacy and the Federal mandate HIPAA that requires healthcare providers and facilities to limit the disclosure of personal health information in written, electronic and oral forms.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Define HIPAA, who it affects, who it protects and how it is monitored.
  • Discuss the need for oral communication in healthcare and what "minimum necessary," "incidental disclosure" and "reasonable safeguards" mean with relation to HIPAA
  • Review accepted industry standards for speech privacy and practices for achieving and documenting oral privacy
  • Define the various levels of privacy and review the “absorb”, “block” and “cover” theories for addressing acoustics.
  • Understand how adding sound masking as part of your facility's acoustics can help you achieve oral privacy and how this can be documented

Who Should Attend?

  • Facility Managers
  • Facility Engineers
  • Construction Managers
  • Architects
  • Designers

Presenters and Panelists:

Jonathan Leonard
Vice President
Lencore Acoustics

Jonathan Leonard, Vice President of Lencore Acoustics and successful entrepreneur has been involved in the construction and facility industry for over 20 years. A popular guest speaker, Jonathan combines his acoustical expertise with a progressive approach to further sound masking technologies. Whether in front of a national trade show audience or speaking before select members of the media or the A&D community, Jonathan captivates and entertains audiences while presenting a common sense approach to acoustics. Breaking difficult concepts down into easy to grasp modules and offering a refreshing look at the world of acoustics. Under his direction Lencore has been awarded numerous awards including awards for Energy and the Environment, Reader's Choice Awards (TFM), Innovation Awards from Buildings and BI magazines, as well as multiple ADEX (Awards for Design Excellence) for several products.

Jonathan is frequently sought to provide editorial information to industry trade publications on acoustics and sound masking and has authored and co-authored several articles with relation the HIPAA and oral privacy regulations. He was most recently featured in Facility Care magazine with his article "Creating & Documenting Oral Privacy.

Colonel John D. Deaton (USAF, Retired)
President
Atlantic Acoustic Solutions

Prior to founding Atlantic Acoustic Solutions in 2000, Colonel John Deaton spent 27 years in the service of this country in the United States Air Force. At his retirement in 1999, he was the Director, Pentagon Relocation and Move Team. In this capacity, he was responsible for the consolidation and relocation of more than 1,500 personnel from the Pentagon and seven other remote locations due to a renovation project at the Pentagon.

John currently consults and provides speech privacy solutions in the healthcare, government and other key sectors. In this capacity, Colonel Deaton's sole focus is the analysis and recommendation of the proper sound masking system that will lead to a secure, productive work environment. His government background has given him a deep understanding of the criticality of speech privacy, notably those of an environment where HIPAA regulations are in place.

Colonel Deaton began his military career in 1972, after earning a BA in Education from Eastern Illinois University . His education continued with an MBA from the University of Arkansas in 1975. He is also a graduate of numerous military classes and instruction. He also holds numerous citations earned during his service in the Air Force.

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