Confidentiality Training

1. Training in Confidentiality
The Importance of Confidentiality
• Protect Patient’s Health Information
• Acknowledge HIPAA Privacy Rules
Limitations in Confidentiality
• Task description
• Task description
Confidentiality Dilemmas and Sharing of Information
• How to avoid sharing the confidential information of celebrities
• How to minimize the consequences of disclosing confidential information
Implementing Training in Confidentiality
• Mandatory signing of Confidentiality Agreement
• Sensitivity Training

2. Importance of Confidentiality
• To establish and maintain a strong patient/physician/employee
relationship.
• Show the importance of patient right to privacy and
confidentiality and HIPAA rules.
• Collaboration and consultation of professional in preventing
release of confidential patient information.

3. Limitations in Confidentiality
• There is a limitation in maintaining confidentiality when helping
people including celebrities.
• Patients who do harm to themselves (suicide, and alcohol and
drug abuse).
• Collaboration and consultation of professional in preventing
release of confidential patient information even if the person is
known in the spotlight.

4. Confidentiality Dilemmas and
Information Sharing
• There is a limitation in maintaining confidentiality when helping
people including celebrities.
• Patients who do harm to themselves (suicide, and alcohol and
drug abuse).
• Collaboration and consultation of professional in preventing
release of confidential patient information even if the person is
known in the spotlight.

5. Implementing Training in Confidentiality
• All employees should sign confidentiality agreements as part of
their initial job training.
• Real life scenario training showing what situations are
considered private patient information.