How would you feel if you had a serious illness or disease and everyone had access to your personal information? Personally‚ I would be distraught. Confidentiality is using discretion in keeping secret information. Without confidentiality in a medical office anyone can be entitled to the patients’ personal information. The importance of confidentiality is very high‚ what someone’s medical history is should be between them and their physician. Although everyone does not have an illness or disease
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Confidentiality within this scenario is defined as Sam’s personal information being kept private by the nurse caring for him (Burns‚ 2015). This implies that the nurse has a responsibility to maintain Sam’s confidentiality‚ because they have legal requirements to do so (Aldworth‚ 2009). This is supported by the nursing and midwifery council (2015) which states that within all care settings nurses should always make sure they are respecting their patient’s right to privacy. This implies that the
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In the article by Martindale‚ Chambers‚ and Thompson‚ we learn that informed consent and confidentiality. A person should be informed of their right to confidentiality and the treatment they are consenting to in the therapeutic relationship. This study is significantly important because we are shown that there has been not very much previous research done on how well we manage consent‚ how informed the patient is‚ how honest they are‚ and what they actually know about the policies of the provider
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Module 2 – Assignment 3 Practice Case Examination Additional Information (Time Allowed: 4 hours) Notes: i) Candidates must not identify themselves in answering the question. ii) All answers must be written on official answer sheets or in official electronic files. Work done on the question paper or on the Backgrounder will NOT be marked. iii) Included in the examination envelope is a standard supplement consisting of formulae and tables that may be useful for answering the question
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Running head: HIV/AIDS‚ ADOLESCENTS‚ AND RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR HIV/AIDS‚ adolescents‚ and risky sexual behavior HIV/AIDS‚ adolescents‚ and risky sexual behavior Introduction You can’t smell it‚ taste it‚ hear it‚ or even see it. BUT‚ it lives inside the bodies of 36 million people worldwide and it’s responsible for the death of many others. It’s the biggest epidemic in human history (Sittitrai‚ 1998). It’s HIV/AIDS‚ and it doesn’t care who you are or where you’re from. U.S. public health
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Concepts Colorado Technical University Online Instructor Damarie Nix Sharon Gonzales July 25‚ 2011 OUTLINE FOR TRAINING HIPPA EDUCATION I. What is HIPAA a. Transactions b. Privacy c. Security II. What is the Purpose of HIPAA? d. Protects e. Ensures f. Governs III. What are the benefits of HIPAA? g. Privacy Notice h. Accounting of disclosure i. Recourse j. Access k. Restrictions IV. Why do you have to take
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our patients but obtaining trust and maintaining the confidentiality of the patient’s information has been established from years ago starting with the Oath of Hippocratic. The patient’s confidentiality includes protecting any information the patient divulges to medical personal‚ and not disclosing or sharing the information to others. If trust is betrayed‚ the patient’s would not feel comfortable to share their privet and personal information. Our profession is founded on trust and providing good
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Numerous polices are relevant to this case such as Power of Attorney and Confidentiality Worker policies. The Confidentiality Worker policy analyzes and looks at situations such as: whom should I share this information with? Why should I share this information? Firstly‚ A Power of Attorney for Personal Care is a legal document that gives or allows someone else the power to act on your behalf that is generally known as an Attorney. They would be responsible for decisions in personal care division
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LO 4.1 Confidentiality is about respecting people’s rights to a private life. In a childcare setting‚ certain information is required from parents (or carers) about themselves and their children‚ like telephone numbers‚ address and child health information. It is important that this information is kept securely and only accessed by the relevant people. This kind of information is called ‘confidential’. Sometimes parents‚ carers or children will give us information that is of a personal nature
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counselor will have to make a choice to break confidentiality or to keep confidentially. The counselor works hard to establish trust with clients to form a therapeutic relationship so clients feel comfortable talking to a counselor about their problems. Confidentiality should be discussed at the beginning of a therapeutic relationship between a counselor and a client. In this discussion the counselor will address confidentiality and when confidentiality can be broken. According to ACA (2014)‚ “counselors
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