Rasmussen College Personal Smartphones in Healthcare & Data Security Discussion

Purpose of Assignment

According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2008),“Uphold ethical standards related to data security, regulatoryrequirements, confidentiality, and clients’ right to privacy.”

American Association of College of Nursing. (2008). The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice. Retrieved from: https://www.aacnnursing.org/Education-Resources/AA…

Course Competency

Analyze ethical and nursing informatics practice standards within the context of healthcare delivery.

Content

Scenario

You are a nursing manager of the education and innovations departmentat a large nonprofit academic medical center. You do work at theflagship hospital, but there are three additional campuses and severalaffiliated facilities throughout three additional states. Therefore,technology is heavily relied upon for consistent and reliablecommunication for interdisciplinary care. Recently, the CNO sent you apatient satisfaction survey highlighting how impressed this patient waswith their nurse’s timeliness of answering their questions. The patientcontinued to share that the nurse used their personal cell phone toreach out to the patient’s provider to get clarification of thepatient’s discharge instructions. The patient loved their quick responseand wanted to highlight this as a best practice for all healthcareprofessionals.

Instructions

, and it has come to your attentionthat several nurses occasionally communicate with medical providersthrough text on their personal cell phones, using their phone’smessaging service. The nurses found that they are able to meet theirpatient needs more quickly. Your assessment also discovered that a nurseused their personal cell phone to take a picture of a patient’s footulcer. The picture was posted on social media as a reminder to diabeticsthe importance of managing their blood sugars. As the nursing educationmanager it is your responsibility to ensure staff are following thehospital polices and your technology assessment has highlighted that thestaff is in urgent need of HIPAA training and Smart Phone use.

Using the scenario above create a mandatory training for all staff using PowerPoint with voice over including the following:

• Examine personal Smart Phone use and its implications in Healthcare
  • Identify and explain a minimum of 3 unethical uses of Smartphones in healthcare (including text messaging and pictures)
  • Discuss potential benefits to appropriate Smartphone use in healthcare
• Examine judicious use of Social Media and its implications in Healthcare
  • Potential benefits to appropriate use of Social Media in healthcare
  • Identify a minimum of 3 unethical uses of Social Media (as reviewed by NCSBN)
• Describe regulatory bodies and Ethical Frameworks used to protect Personal Health Information (PHI)
  • Investigate the role of HIPAA, HITECH, and Nursing Code of Ethics
  • Determine the legal consequences associated with unethical or illegal Smart Phone and Social Media use.

Format

• Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.)
• Logical, original and insightful
• Professional organization, style, and mechanics in APA format
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