The document discusses the importance of confidentiality training for all staff members who have access to patient information. It recommends covering HIPAA regulations, state confidentiality laws, and examples of confidentiality violations during training. Technical and administrative safeguards like access restrictions can also help protect patient privacy. New staff should receive confidentiality training and existing staff should review confidentiality policies through handbooks and discussions of real-life cases.

1. CONFIDENTIALITY
Beverly Grant
October , 16, 2014
Instructor: Dr Rockie McDaniel

2.  The recurrence of such a situation like confidentiality
violations can be prevented by holding training on
HIPPA rules and regulations. In addition, any state
laws governing confidentiality should be covered
during the training. The training should involve all
members who have access to private information.
The training would enable clinicians realize the value
of holding the information with great care, as well as
ramifications involved

3.  Patient’s privacy can be protected by having
appropriate technical and administrative safeguard.
Creating reasonable procedure to limit the views and
access to personal health records can help an
individual to protect the privacy of his or her
healthcare record (Pozgar, 2012).

4.  The employees should be provided with
confidentiality handbooks and the information
contained there must be reinforced during training.
Training should also involve sharing real life
examples and experiences. The training should also
involve the adoption and utilization of health
information technology in order to update them on
emerging issues relating to confidentiality. The
orientation of new staff should involve training on
confidentiality of medical records of patients.

5. REFERENCES
Pozgar, G. (2012). Legal Aspects of Health Care
Administration. 11th Ed. MA: Jones & Bartlett
Publishers.
National Center for Ethics in Health care
(2004)Online Patient- CLinician Messaging:
Fundamentals of Ethical Practice. retrieved from
http://www.ethics.va.gov/docs/necrpts/NEC_Rep
ort_20040701_Online_Clinician-
Pt_Messaging.pdf