2. What patient privacy consist
• Medical history and record
• Financial information
• Home address
• Family contact
• Contact number
3. Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• The HIPAA Privacy regulation provides for the
privacy of all patient’s health information.
• The HIPAA Security regulation provides for the
security of all patient’s health information
whenever the information is transferred
electronically.
4. Regulations for privacy
• Only employees with access to patient
information may access them
• Employees with access to patient information
under no circumstances are to share with
unauthorized employees.
• Employees are not the share passwords or
access information with other unauthorized
employees
5. Violations of privacy
• Employees caught violating any of the patient
privacy information will be disciplined
accordingly to the HIPAA policy
• ALL unauthorized employees who are involved
in accessing or viewing patient information
without consent will be terminated
immediately upon scrutiny
• DON’T DO IT!!