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<dt:topic xmlns:dt="http://www.imsglobal.org/xsd/imsdt_v1p0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><title><![CDATA[Week 6B Discussion Board]]></title><text texttype="text/html"><![CDATA[<p style="margin-left:.7pt;"><em>Discussion Board #6B: </em>Respond to ONE of the topics/questions below with a post of at least 300 words and support your response with at least one source.&nbsp; Post no later than Thursday midnight.&nbsp; Cite sources using the parenthetical format of <em>APA 6<sup>th</sup> ed. Manual</em>, and list reference(s) at the end of the post.&nbsp; Reply to the post of one other student by midnight Friday with a post of at least 150 words.</p><ol><li>You are creating a steering committee of key individuals who are responsible for ongoing HIPAA privacy compliance. Who will lead this committee and who will be the members of the committee? Why did you select these individuals? &nbsp;(Support your post with a scholarly source.)</li><li>Do you believe that the twelve public interest and benefit exceptions to the authorization requirement are warranted? Do you believe that any of these exceptions should require the patient&rsquo;s authorization under the HIPAA Privacy Rule? (Support your post with a scholarly source.)</li></ol>]]></text></dt:topic>
