Federal laws like HIPAA and HITECH protect individuals' private health information and establish patients' rights to their data. These laws regulate what health and medical information can be collected about patients, how it is stored, used, and disclosed. Violations of these privacy laws carry criminal penalties like fines up to $50,000 per offense and potential job loss or loss of medical licenses. Upholding patient privacy is also an ethical obligation for healthcare professionals and organizations.

1. FACTS ABOUT PRIVACY
It is against the law and unethical

2. “ FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR
INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIABLE
HEALTH INFORMATION AND
GIVES PATIENTS AN ARRAY OF
RIGHTS
(HTTP://WWW.HHS.GOV/OCR/P
RIVACY/HIPAA/UNDERSTANDIN
G/INDEX.HTML ).
 Federal protection
 HIPPA
 HITECH

3. PATIENT RIGHTS THAT ARE
COVERED
“ PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE
PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH OR
CONDITION
HEALTH CARE TO INDIVIDUAL
PAST, PRESENT, OR FUTURE
PAYMENT INFORMATION,
INCLUDING NAME, ADDRESS, BIRTH
DATE, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
(HTTP://WWW.HHS.GOV/OCR/PRIV
ACY/HIPAA/UNDERSTANDING/SUM
MARY/INDEX.HTML)
HIPPA

4. “ HITECH ACT STRENGTHEN THE PRIVACY
PROTECTIONS FOR HEALTH INFORMATION.
ENTITIES ARE DIRECTLY LIABLE
LIMITATIONS ON USE AND DISCLOSER
ENFORCEMENT OF NONCOMPLIANCE
WITH HIPPA
(HTTP://WWW.GPO.GOV/FDSYS/PKG/FR-
2013-01-25/PDF/2013-01073.PDF ).”
 HITECH

5. CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
“$100 TO $50,000 OR MORE PER
VIOLATION
(HTTP://WWW.HHS.GOV/OCR/PRIVACY/HI
PAA/UNDERSTANDING/SUMMARY/INDEX.H
TML )
LOSS OF JOB AND LICENSE
 Consequences for violation

6. IT IS ETHICALLY WRONG TO INVADE SOMEONE
PRIVACY. IT IS ALSO UNPROFESSIONAL. THIS
ORGANIZATION WILL NOT TOLERATE UNETHICAL
OR UNPROFESSIONAL ACTS. THERE WILL BE
CONSEQUENCES.
 Ethics and professionalism

7. HTTP://WWW.HHS.GOV/OCR/PRIVACY/HIP
AA/UNDERSTANDING/INDEX.HTML
HTTP://WWW.HHS.GOV/OCR/PRIVACY/HIP
AA/UNDERSTANDING/SUMMARY/INDEX.HT
ML
HTTP://WWW.GPO.GOV/FDSYS/PKG/FR-
2013-01-25/PDF/2013-01073.PDF
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 references