This document discusses the importance of patient confidentiality and protecting private health information as required by HIPAA. It reviews how HIPAA was implemented to protect individuals' privacy and ensure secure handling of patient data. The document stresses that all hospital workers have a duty to maintain patient privacy and outlines specific practices like using secure logins, limiting access to records, and avoiding gossip to protect confidential information.

1. CONFIDENTIALITY
A patient’s right to keep their information protected.

2. Purpose of training
 Refresh awareness of safe HIPPA practices
 Understand why HIPPA is important and
stress how it is our duty as hospital workers to
protect patient information at all costs.

3. HIPPA
 Health
 Insurance
 Portability
 Accountability Act

4. Purpose of HIPPA
 To protect individual’s right to privacy and
confidentiality.
 Protect the handling of patient information
by having secured logons to computers, only
having certain accesses.
 Protect patients records by recording the
sharing and release of health information.

5. Information breaches
 It’s not funny when someone is spying on you.

6. Patient Rights
 It’s a patient’s right for their information to be
protected by hospital workers.

7. Status does not matter
Celebrity status does
not matter when
working in the medical
industry. Patient
privacy is essential to
every person no matter
their lifestyle or social
status.
All patient should be
treated with the same
Respect!

8. HIPPA Rules should always be followed
It is vital not to share personal information about patients in public places.

9. Being carful not to get caught up in office gossip
Being mindful of others that can lead you in the wrong direction by giving poor
instructions. Never intrude on a patients information when you are not caring for the
patient.

10. Protect Your Access
Always remember to not share passwords and leave important information left on your
screen for others to see.

11. Professional Tones
When gathering patient information, always use a low tone so other cannot hear what you
are saying; people are always listening.

12. Ways to protect patients
information
 Secured employee logons
 Limited computers in secure areas
 Limited conversations about patient
information
 Never share passwords
 Treat patients with respect in do not intrude
in patients records when not treating the
patient.

13. Being Team Player
Giving your professional best at all times will
ensure that our patient’s information will be
protect.
Doing all you can if you see another person
being dishonest and reporting their actions.
Treat our patients with the same respect that
you would want for yourself.