This document discusses patient confidentiality and privacy under HIPAA regulations. It notes that patients have a right to privacy of their medical records and history. Disclosing patient information without authorization can result in serious legal and professional consequences, including fines between $100 to $1.5 million per violation. The document outlines requirements for securing devices, encrypting data, and not sharing passwords to prevent unauthorized access to protected health information. Violations of HIPAA privacy rules may also result in civil lawsuits, misdemeanor charges, and imprisonment in some cases.

1. CONFIDENTIALITY-HIPAA
Presented by: Sandra Wong-Allen

2. Patients Rights
• Patients have the right to have their medical
history kept confidential to protect their
privacy.

3. Privacy Rule Disclosure
• Disclosing a patient’s personal information
can cause very serious professional or
personal problems as patients rely on medical
professionals, hospitals and other medical
facilities to keep their medical history private.
• The HIPAA Privacy Rule also accords certain
rights to patients, such as the right to request
copies of their health records in paper or
electronic format, or to request an
amendment of information in their records

4. HIPAA LAW
• At all times patient information needs to
be protected.
• Do not look for a patient information
unless it pertains to you!
• Do not discuss a patient’s information
with no one outside the practice.

6. SECURITY RULE
• Encrypting and Securing Mobile Computing
Devices, Smartphones, and Tablets.
• Password Security-DO NOT SHARE.
• Document, Workstation, and Mobile Device
Security-Lock workstation/mobile devices at all
times to prevent PHI to get into the wrong
hands.

7. Password Security
Accessing a portal to gain patient information

8. Lock your computers when away from your desk
This includes tablets, mobile phones and laptops

9. Consequences of Violating the Privacy
Rule
• Fines ranging from $100 to 1,500,000 per
violation.
• Costs and attorneys’ fees, depending on the
type of violation.
• Civil lawsuits, misdemeanor charges, the
reporting of individual violators to licensing
boards for violations, and imprisonment.

10. Legal fees
Attorney’s fees and cost

11. Being fined for breach of privacy
$100 to $1.500,00

12. Jail Time
Being imprisoned if sentenced

14. References
• Fox News. (2008). Report Over 120 UCLA
hospital staff saw celebrity health records.
Retrieved from
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,39878
4,00.html
• Web 2.0 tools. (http://www.go2web20.net/)
• Wolper, L.F. (2011). Health care
administration: Managing organized delivery
systems (5th ed.). Boston: Jones and Bartlett.