2. Importance of privacy
• Personal autonomy (the ability to make
personal decisions)
• Individuality
• Respect
• Dignity and worth as human beings
3. • Medical records can include some of the
most intimate details about a person’s life
• They document a patient’s physical and
mental health, and can include information
on social behaviors, personal
relationships, and financial status.
4. Security
• Security helps keep health records safe
from unauthorized use.
• When an employee does something
unethical, they jeopardize the security of a
patient’s record.
• When someone hacks into the computer
system, the security is breached.
5. The results for being
NOSEY!
• 3 UMC workers fired for records access
• Everett Clinic fires 13 workers for allegedly
inappropriately accessing patients' records
• Florida Hospital privacy breach: Workers accessed ER patient
information, 3 employees terminated, more than 2,000 patients notified
by mail of breach
6. Training
• Training employees during new employee orientation.
• Computer training yearly for all other employees so they
can understand the importance of patient privacy and the
consequences.
• Sign paperwork at new orientation stating the employees
understands the importance of patient confidentiality.
• When a supervisor or manager feels that employees
need to be retrained in patients' privacy.
