Confidentiality is the ethical and legal responsibility of mental health counselors to protect the right of privacy of clients. In the world of mental health counseling‚ counselors’ commitment to confidentiality is the basis of effective practice. Confidentiality prohibits mental health counselors from disclosing information about the client to third parties (e.g. family members‚ employer). Confidentiality is critical to establish trust between consumer and mental health counselor‚ which is imperative
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CONFIDENTIALITY THE HISTORY OF CONFIDENTIALITY IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE. One of the oldest documents we can find about confidentiality is the Hippocratic Oath what was written in the 4th century BC. We all know that nurses are not taking this oath‚ but we are bound to the same confidentiality regulations as doctors and other health professionals including social workers. Untrained or ancillary workers should not have access to patient’s records and there is no need for them to know certain confidential
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Patient Confidentiality The confidentiality of a patient’s medical records has been an ongoing dilemma for healthcare professionals. To put it another way‚ there is a difficulty in discerning the boundaries of one’s duty and his/ her concern with the patients. Be that as it may‚ health care staff should maintain professionalism towards their work through respecting the privacy of the patients. As a matter of fact‚ this promotes the establishment of mutual trust between the health care staff and
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information or even general information about then client should be kept in condense between eh client and the counselor. 3.Counselors have a responsibility to maintain the confidentiality of clients. However‚ under few circumstances‚ counselors have the right to break confidently. Counselors have the right to break confidentiality if they suspect clients are a danger to
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Privacy and Confidentiality a) What is HIPAA? a.i) The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is a multifaceted piece of legislation that covered these three areas: 1)Insurance portability‚ 2) Fraud enforcement (accountability) and 3) Administrative Simplification (reduction in health care costs). HIPAA was enacted to improve the efficiency and efficacy of the healthcare system. a.ii) Title I and Title II of HIPAA protection and provisions. 2) HIPAA Confidentiality and Privacy
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University NRS-437V-O102 1. Explain the ethical implications of a breach of confidentiality. The ethical consequences of a breach of confidentiality can actually have a considerable effect on both the patient and the nurse and create ethical dilemmas. Information disclosure can occasion problems on a legal‚ professional and personal level (Marquis & Huston‚ 2009). In nursing‚ the ethical requirement for confidentiality is very important‚ because of the need to set up mutual trust between patients
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Running head: Truth Telling‚ Privacy‚ and Confidentiality Truth Telling‚ Privacy‚ and Confidentiality Georgetown University Bioethics in Nursing (NURO 518) Abstract Truth telling‚ privacy and confidentiality are critical aspects of care in the medical field. Establishing an effective nurse-patient relationship is key to an effective plan of care. Situations often arise where ethical considerations have to be made. This case study involves a patient by the name of David Collins. It brings
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The Importance of Confidentiality in the Medical Field Most jobs have a confidentiality policy. In the medical field‚ confidentiality is extremely important. If the wrong person were to gain access to someone’s medical records‚ they could use that against them. It can potentially harm that person’s personal life. Keeping a patient’s information and medical records confidential is a must. The importance of confidentiality stressed in HIPAA and HITECH act protects the integrity of medical facilities
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Confidentiality is very important in a medical office. Ethics alone is a major reason why employees should value patients’ private information. Breaching of confidential communication is considered violating HIPAA‚ which can lead to paying fines. There are policies that restrict office workers from releasing information. You also can make sure you have the proper authorization to release information. There are some situations where you have to release information‚ such as: a suspect in a criminal
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CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS Jennifer Sherwood Kaplan University CM107 December 16‚ 2013 Confidentiality Rules Upon arriving at a new physician’s office a patient is given a clipboard with several papers on it‚ and is told to fill it out and return to receptionist when finished. What are all these papers‚ and why do they need to be filled out? These are actually very important to the care that the patient will receive. Every time a patient is seen by health care professional
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