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Protecting Yourself and Others:Patient Confidentiality Issues Knowing the confidentiality requirements of your organization can protect you from making a mistake: That could cost you your job. Cause your organization to have a HIPAA violation. Embarrass or harm your patient.
Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 HIPAA was implemented in 1996 in an effort to protect patients personal health information (Kaiser Permanente, 2011). The federal government defined protected health information or PHI as the following (Kaiser Permanente, 2011): ,[object Object]
Biometric information including finger prints, voice prints, and retinal scans
Photographs (including those on a driver’s license or insurance card)
Account numbers(credit cards, insurance cards, driver’s license, etc)
Social Security Number
Any number or symbol that identifies a specific patient,[object Object]

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Protecting yourself and others

  • 1. Protecting Yourself and Others:Patient Confidentiality Issues Knowing the confidentiality requirements of your organization can protect you from making a mistake: That could cost you your job. Cause your organization to have a HIPAA violation. Embarrass or harm your patient.
  • 2.
  • 3. Biometric information including finger prints, voice prints, and retinal scans
  • 4. Photographs (including those on a driver’s license or insurance card)
  • 5. Account numbers(credit cards, insurance cards, driver’s license, etc)
  • 7.
  • 8. In May 2007, a UCLA administrative assistant was terminated and indicted for accessing celebrity medical records and selling them to a media outlet. (Medlaw.com, 2008).
  • 9. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights fines Cignet Health $4.3 million for HIPAA violations for denying patients access to their own records (ABC News, 2011).
  • 10. A Florida nurse was fired for allegedly accessing Tiger Woods medical records. The nurse has file suit against the hospital. (Neil, 2011).
  • 11.
  • 12. Have private consultation rooms where clinicians can speak with patients.
  • 13. Maintain Business Associate Agreements with all vendors who need access to patient records.
  • 14. Have all employees and physicians sign a Confidentiality Agreement
  • 15. Provide patients with HIPAA notice.
  • 16.
  • 17. Do not share patient information with family, friends, and co-workers.
  • 18. Do not post patient information in public areas.
  • 19. Do not have phone conversations with patients in areas where you can be overheard.
  • 20. DO NOT ACCESS ANY RECORD THAT YOU DO NOT NEED TO SEE IN ORDER TO PERFORM YOUR JOB DUTIES!***The above information was obtained from Kaiser Permanente, 2011.
  • 21. Social Networking in Health Care Social Networking has found its way into health care. As with any other technology, it can have a positive or negative connotation depending how it is used. Many large health care organizations are using social networks such as Facebook and MySpace to reach out to communities and build relations. Remember: Images are protected information. Do not take pictures of your patients or your co-workers and post them to your social page. Also, do not share information about patients’ conditions or treatments. Organizations that utilize social network must have clearly defined policies for there use and access.
  • 22.
  • 23. If you are not sure you should be accessing a patient’s information: DON’T
  • 24. Always be aware of your surroundings. PHI must be kept in a secure location.
  • 25.
  • 26. Allnurses.com. (2009, August 5). Doctor and 2 former hospital employees fired for HIPAA violations. Retrieved electronically February 23, 2011 from http://allnurses.com/nursing-news/doctor-2-former-413531.html
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