Confidentiality is the protection of personal information. Confidentiality means keeping a client’s information between you and the patient‚ and not telling others including friends and family. (Learning‚ n.d.). For example‚ the information about a child suffering from Cystic Fibrosis should not be disclosed to anyone other than the child and his/her parents. Confidentiality involves restricting patient’s information and not disclosing personal data of patients indiscriminately. For example‚ telling
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Running head: ETHICS OF CONFIDENTIALITY Ethics of Confidentiality Stacy L. Reynolds Grand Canyon University: NRS437V March 24‚ 2012 Ethics of Confidentiality In a television episode of ER which aired on NBC in 2000‚ a nurse became aware of risky sexual behaviors that had led to a 14 year old girl having a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and cervical cancer. Prior to finding this information out‚ the nurse had promised the patient that she would not tell anyone about
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with the UCLA school of medicine. Few months later he was let go from his job‚ reasons unrelated to later HIPAA violation charges. He was accused and later found guilty‚ of illegally accessing medical records of his immediate supervisor and other co-workers‚ as well as celebrities and other high-profile patients. He became the first individual in the U.S. to be convicted of violating HIPAA and accessing the medical records for no valid reason. Mr. Zhou was sentenced to 4 months in prison after pleading
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passed “The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act” (HIPAA). HIPAA sets the national standard for electronic transfers of health data. Before HIPAA‚ each state set their own standards. Now states must abide by the minimum standards set by HIPAA. States can enact laws to incorporate and strengthen the basic rights given by HIPAA. How HIPAA’s Privacy Rule Protects YOU; The Patient Access to your own medical records Prior to HIPAA‚ access to your medical records was not guaranteed by federal
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Week 2 – HIPAA and Information Technology Checkpoint There are several advantages in having a standardized medical database. The most important advantage is a standardized medical database will offer medical facilities access to the patient records more easily. If a patient decides to change health care providers or if an emergency situation arose the patient would be able to receive service immediately. The database will contain patient’s medical information‚ so that if a patient were to encounter
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The issue with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and process of newsgathering has emerged with the advancement of social media and technology. HIPAA is a health information privacy law‚ passed in April 14‚ 2003‚ that protects individual’s personal records. HIPAA regulations are implemented in the Privacy‚ Security‚ and Enforcement Rules. Journalist and reporters are most affected by the HIPAA regulations and often limited to the type of information they are able to release
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Three landmark pieces of legislation have been enacted within the last forty years; ERISA‚ COBRA and HIPAA. Each one of these laws was created to foster development and improvement in the welfare of the wage earners‚ job seekers‚ and retirees of the United States. The mainstays of these three pieces of legislation are to improve working conditions; to add advanced opportunities for profitable employment‚ protect employees‚ and to assure work related benefits and rights. What is ERISA? ERISA stands
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40903100 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 2003 changed the way that patients‚ practitioners and insurance companies viewed medical records. No longer would physician be able to choose the level of privacy they maintained for clients’ records. Patients became more aware of their rights and responsibilities toward their health records. This paper provides a brief synopsis of how HIPAA has affected access to medical records and its affect on medical offices and their employees
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Confidential Information‚ the disclosure or production of which there is no objection to other than confidentiality. Each party reserves the right to object to any disclosure of information or production of any documents it deems confidential on any other ground it may deem appropriate. Any party may move for relief from‚ or general or particular modification of‚ the mechanism for maintaining confidentiality herein set forth or the application of this Order‚ in any particular circumstance.
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If a client begins to make a disclosure of abuse it is important to ensure privacy and confidentiality. It is necessary to show that listening skills are employed and that I remain calm and receptive. I must listen without interruption and make it clear that I am taking their disclosure seriously. I must only ask questions of clarification if I am unclear as to what the vulnerable adult is saying. It is important that I acknowledge their courage in coming forward and tell them that they are not responsible
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