Maintaining Confidentiality Course 117 TWO contact hours By: Monica Oram‚ RN‚ BSN Upon completion of this course the reader will be able to achieve the following objectives: 1. Define confidentiality and related key terms 2. Define the concepts concerning confidentiality 3. Understand what is considered confidential information 4. Understand the outcomes of breach of confidentiality 5. Understand responsibilities as a healthcare worker with private and confidential information
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Risk management is vital to ascertain vulnerabilities within health care organizations‚ keep them in check‚ mitigate the repercussions from these risks‚ and prevent harm to patients. If organizations do not follow a risk management protocol then breaches result with catastrophic consequences. For instance‚ St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (SEMC) is a tertiary care hospital located in Brighton‚ Massachusetts that offers both inpatient and outpatient services. On November 16‚ 2012‚ U.S. Department of
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Judicial Affairs). In 1996 Congress enacted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and was recently amended under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act ( "AmericanCollege of Healthcare Executives"‚ 2009). HIPAA was to put safety measures to shield a patient(s) health information and keep it private. In February of 2009 on the 17th‚ President Barak Obama authorized the American
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information or used to call a meeting with the staff. Text messaging needs to be used with some caution. If the receiving staff member is not in the workplace the message can be viewed by someone who is not privy to the information. This could be a HIPAA‚ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‚ violation if the wrong person sees the information sent through a text. E-mailing internally is the most effective way to send a message to the staff‚ Department Heads‚ and Physicians. Everyone
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service organization‚ there are many laws‚ regulations‚ and policies that must be followed when providing services. In this case study‚ Stacey was confronted with a request from her client‚ Matthew‚ to maintain a copy of his treatment records. Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule (2017) it is a participant’s right to view and/or request a copy of his health care record. Therefore‚ Stacey has an obligation to provide Matthew with his records. However‚ due to Stacey’s concerns about the content of her notes‚ as a
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Introduction The healthcare industry is one of the most diverse and highly regulated industry in the United States. The ability to manage the varied finance decisions of the organization and abide by the various laws is the high-wire gymnastics that has to be navigated by a healthcare administrator. In order to be effective one must first understand the varied pitfalls that exist to derail and endanger a healthcare facility. We will examine these in detail. False Claims Act (FCA): The False
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This law plays a pivotal role in “regulating‚ and increasing the confidentiality‚ and securing of health care data” (HIPAA‚ 2003). With the ability to pay and submit claims electronically‚ there was a definite need for protecting data and it was apparent. Before HIPAA came along‚ the rules and regulations were quite different from state to state and between health care organizations. There was no consistency and the need for regulation was
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Ethical Code of Conduct for St. Chadwick General Hospital Staff Members Course: MHA 622 Health Care Ethics & Law By: Instructor: October 21‚ 2014 Facility Background St. Chadwick General Hospital was built and inaugurated in the year 2013. Since then‚ the corporation has been proud to provide quality care with the highest of ethical standards‚ and integrity. With the combination of a strong code of ethics‚ high levels of integrity‚ and the addition of compassion‚ St. Chadwick
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Workplace Ethical Dilemma Elizabeth Tirado BSHS/332 February 4‚ 2013 Kathleen Roberts Workplace Ethical Dilemma I have often thought of myself as a good person. My parents raised me to respect my elders‚ be kind to animals and children‚ and to say always please. These are good qualities for a person to have‚ but it is important to know why people have these qualities. Showing common courtesy to someone may make an impact in that person’s day‚ but in the workplace common courtesy‚ especially
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keeping unwanted eyes from seeing that information could prove difficult‚ adding a threat to the patient information confidentiality. PHRs are not all covered under HIPAA‚ “While HIPAA compels covered entities to provide notice of their privacy practices to consumers‚ not all PHR vendors are “covered entities” as defined under HIPAA. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚
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