Walden University Protecting Patient Privacy Paper

Answer Discussion questions 1 and 2 and write 1 meeting agenda, 1 memo and 2 emails based on the senarios given. 1page each. only use resources given below and attached. USE THE ATTACHED TEMPLATES FOR EACH SENARIO

Discussion:1.Jeremy is a nurse who likes to spend time online interacting with his friends and family through social media. What advice would you give to Jeremy regarding his social media use?2.What privacy promotion strategies have you enacted in your nursing practice?

In this Assessment, you will create four different types of communication to ensure the protection of patient data and privacy: a meeting agenda, a staff memo, and two emails. Each of these will be in response to a short scenario. Read each scenario and first identify the issue that is being addressed related to patient privacy and confidentiality. Then, prepare a response using the specified method (agenda, memo, or email) in which you do the following:

Recommend strategies for maintaining privacy of patient health information and electronic health records (EHRs), including the importance of safeguarding EHRs.

Explain a nurse’s ethical duty when it comes to maintaining confidentiality of private patient information, and list possible implications of not maintaining patient confidentiality and privacy.

Explain the role of HIPAA in governing electronic health information, and provide HIPAA rules for permitted use and disclosure of protected patient health information that should be followed and are relevant to the scenario.

Evaluate the potential privacy, security, and confidentiality risks involved with using mobile devices when providing nursing care.

Identify technology resources that may be used to protect patient confidentiality and privacy.

To complete this Assessment:

Read the scenarios.

Complete the templates to create a meeting agenda, a memo, and two emails of your own.

Click each of the items below for more information on this Assessment.

MEETING AGENDASENARIO 1

A tragic car accident involving an A-list Hollywood actor happened near the hospital at which you work. A member of the care team at the treating hospital posted information about the actor on social media, which occurred prior to any public disclosure of information regarding the actor’s accident. In an attempt to avoid a similar episode at your hospital, you have decided to schedule a meeting with your staff to discuss the implications to patient privacy and confidentiality, including how these types of situations should be handled. You decide to draft an agenda in preparation.

The agenda should include a brief overview of the incident described above and the legal implications involved for the person who posted the information. The agenda should also include the following:

• A description of how a situation like this should be handled
• An explanation of any relevant laws or codes of ethics that apply to this scenario
• The importance of safeguarding patient information (no matter who it is)
• The technology or policy related to technology that could be used to protect patient privacy in this situation
• Strategies you have used personally to protect patient health information
• A list of resources for your staff to reference

The agenda should be 1 page in length.

MEMO:Senario2

A friend of yours has a family member who is a patient at the hospital where you work. Your friend approaches you and asks if you could obtain the latest lab results and physician notes for her family member. She explains that she cannot ask the family member directly because they have not spoken to each other in years, but the friend is concerned with her family member’s health nonetheless. You respond to your friend and explain to her why you cannot do this. After finishing your letter to your friend, you decide to draft a memo to your nursing staff to remind them of the importance of ethical use of electronic health records. Your memo should include the following:

• A statement on the nurse’s ethical duty to maintain patient confidentiality and protect private patient information
• A reminder of why it is important to maintain patient confidentially and privacy for both the patient and the medical practice
• A list of the possible implications of not maintaining patient confidentiality and privacy

Your memo should be 1 page in length.

EMAILSenario3

You are the nurse manager at Cedar Grove Medical Clinic. You have recently hired a new nurse and have taken her under your wing to help her get acquainted with her new workplace. She sent you an email this morning asking you for help regarding a request she received from another clinic to release patient information for a patient who was recently treated at Cedar Grove Medical Clinic. She is unsure how to respond and has asked you for guidance. Write an email to her with the following:

• HIPAA rules for permitted use and disclosure of protected health information
• An explanation of whether she should or should not release this information and why

Your email should be 1 page.

EMAILSenario4

You are the managing nurse at Valley View Clinic where mobile devices (e.g., smartphones, tablets) are part of the daily lives of nurses, doctors, and patients. The clinic, like many healthcare organizations, provides mobile devices to staff for conducting the work of the clinic. While the clinic-issued devices have security-enabled features, you remain concerned that staff are using the devices in a manner that could compromise the privacy of patient information. In fact, you overheard one of your nurses discussing lab results with a patient while using her clinic-issued smartphone in the clinic lobby. You have decided to send an email to the staff outlining the following:

• The potential privacy, security, and confidentiality risks involved with using mobile devices (clinic-issued and/or personal) in the clinic
• Guidelines for using mobile devices, including what to do and what not to do
• The technology or policy related to technology that could be used to protect patient confidentiality and privacy when using mobile devices
• Strategies you have used personally to protect patient health information when using mobile devices
• A list of resources that your staff can refer to

Your email should be 1 page.

https://www.npjournal.org/article/S1555-4155(16)30510-4/fulltext

https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/index.html