2. Introduction
It is the responsibility of everyone who work within the healthcare system to
safe keep patients’ health care information and to avoid violating their civil
rights. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is
the law that was put in place and is use to help employees understand what
HIPAA means about how they can best assist patient in protecting their
privacy.
3. What Managers can do to keep employees from
violating patients privacy.
Health care managers must hold their employees accountable for any
violation they commit from using electronic health record system. Managers
should develop policies, implement procedures and perform security audits
that can track employees activities.
4. What Managers can do to keep employees from
violating patients privacy cont.
Managers should conduct regular audit log reviews for
• Developing a culture of responsibility and accountability.
• Reducing the risk associated with inappropriate accesses.
• Detecting unauthorized access to patient information.
• Providing forensic evidence of suspected personnel during investigations.
• Tracking disclosures of PHI.
• Handling customers privacy concerns regarding unauthorized access by
friends, family members or others.
• Identifying threats, potential problems and intrusion attempts.
• Addressing accreditation compliance.
5. How can this training on confidentiality be
effective for the employees?
• The information employees receive from confidentiality training will make
them more aware of their surroundings. It will also enhance their
understanding of what is unethical behavior and as a result encourage
them to report any violations of misconduct or suspected abuse to their
hospital privacy officer or manager.
