Confidentiality Training Week 1 DB 2

1. Confidentiality Training
Latricia Thompson
MHA690 - Healthcare Capstone
Week 1 Discussion 2
Dr. Sherrie Lu
04-04-2019

2. Outline
● Purpose
● UCLA Hospital Staff
● HIPPA Privacy Rules
● Software Updates
● Healthcare Data Breach
● Questions

3. Report: Over 120 UCLA Hospital Staff Saw Celebrity
Health Records
Fox News reported LOS ANGELES – More than 120
workers at a Los Angeles hospital looked at celebrities'
medical records and other personal information without
permission between January 2004 and June 2006 —
nearly double the number initially reported earlier this
year, according to a state report.

4. Management
As a forward thinker and as a manager I want the most
for the organization, I would have already recognized
the importance of confidentiality.

5. The Facts
● As you pay close attention to the news you will be aware
that healthcare organizations are a huge target for
hackers.
● You also hear about the negative impacts data breach will
have on an organization. This includes loss of manpower
hours, money spent, and the trust patients once had
within the organization

6. The Facts
● One of the more common methods of attacks may
also happen if an employee were to click on a
sketchy email link.
● This can lead to exposure of a patient’s file, a form
of ransom, blackmail or bribery tactic.
● As a computer virus can come through route of an
email, text messaging , or from a bauguess website
that the purpose is to utilize attacking
methodologies.

7. Fox News….UCLA Hospital Staff Saw Celebrity
Records
The report, released Monday by the California
Department of Public Health, also said three staffers at
the UCLA Medical Center continued to look at the
confidential records of a "well-known individual" after a
crackdown of record-peeking in April. The state report
didn't release the name of that celebrity.

8. HIPPA Privacy Rule
HIPPA Established national standards to protect individuals
medical records and other personal health information and
applies to health plans, healthcare, and those healthcare
providers that conducts certain healthcare transactions
electronically.

9. Healthcare Data Breach
● Healthcare Data Breach is a security incident that takes
place involving sensitive, protected, or confidential
medical information has been copied, transmitted,
viewed, stolen, or used by an individual that has not been
authorized to do so.
● Most data breaches may often involve overexposed and
vulnerable unstructured data files, certain documents, and
other sensitive information.

10. Learning Tips…….
● Ensure staff is properly trained on Healthcare Cyber
Security Proptocols
● Update Software Updates regularly
● Control Access to patient data
● Change passwords
● Perform risk assessments regularly
● Have a action plan for prevention and recovery methods

11. Software Updates
Software updates are generally managed through the IT Healthcare Departments within the
organization. IT applies the necessary upgrades in efforts of keeping data safe and our systems up and
running without interruptions.

12. Thank you….
QUESTIONS??