{"id":22969,"date":"2023-07-04T20:59:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T20:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/2-protected-health-information-phi-privacy-security-and-confidentiality-best-practices\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T20:59:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T20:59:30","slug":"2-protected-health-information-phi-privacy-security-and-confidentiality-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/2-protected-health-information-phi-privacy-security-and-confidentiality-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"2: Protected Health Information (PHI): Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality Best Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Prepare a 2-page interprofessional staff update on HIPAA and appropriate social media use in health care.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 1em 0px 20px; font-size: 27px; line-height: 38px; cursor: auto;\">Introduction<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">As you begin to consider the assessment, it would be an excellent choice to complete the Breach of Protected Health Information (PHI) activity. The activity will support your success with the assessment by creating the opportunity for you to test your knowledge of potential privacy, security, and confidentiality violations of protected health information. The activity is not graded and counts towards course engagement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Health professionals today are increasingly accountable for the use of<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\" data-ice-class=\"808672\">protected health information (PHI).&nbsp;<\/span>Various government and regulatory agencies promote and support privacy and security through a variety of activities. Examples include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR).<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Provision of EHR incentive programs through Medicare and Medicaid.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Release of educational resources and tools to help providers and hospitals address privacy, security, and confidentiality risks in their practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Technological advances, such as the use of social media platforms and applications for patient progress tracking and communication, have provided more access to health information and improved communication between care providers and patients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">At the same time, advances such as these have resulted in more risk for protecting PHI. Nurses typically receive annual training on protecting patient information in their everyday practice. This training usually emphasizes privacy, security, and confidentiality best practices such as:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Keeping passwords secure.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Logging out of public computers.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Sharing patient information only with those directly providing care or who have been granted permission to receive this information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Today, one of the major risks associated with privacy and confidentiality of patient identity and data relates to social media.&nbsp;Many nurses and other health care providers place themselves at risk when they use social media&nbsp;or other electronic communication systems&nbsp;inappropriately. For example, a Texas nurse was recently terminated for posting patient vaccination information on Facebook. In another case, a New York nurse was terminated for posting an insensitive emergency department photo on her Instagram account.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Health care providers today must develop their skills in mitigating risks to their patients and themselves related to patient information. At the same time, they need to be able distinguish between effective and ineffective uses of social media in health care.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This assessment will require you to develop a staff update for the interprofessional team to encourage team members to protect the privacy, confidentiality, and security of patient information.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 1em 0px 20px; font-size: 27px; line-height: 38px; cursor: auto;\">Preparation<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">To successfully prepare to complete this assessment, complete the following:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Review the infographics on protecting PHI provided in the resources for this assessment, or find other infographics to review. These infographics serve as examples of how to succinctly summarize evidence-based information.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Analyze these infographics and distill them into five or six principles of what makes them effective. As you design your interprofessional staff update, apply these principles.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Note:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>In a staff update, you will not have all the images and graphics that an infographic might contain. Instead, focus your analysis on what makes the messaging effective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Select from any of the following options, or a combination of options, the focus of your interprofessional staff update:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Social media best practices.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What not to do: social media.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Social media risks to patient information.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Steps to take if a breach occurs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Conduct independent research on the topic you have selected in addition to reviewing the suggested resources for this assessment. This information will serve as the source(s) of the information contained in your interprofessional staff update. Consult the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-track=\"Resource Link|BSN Program Library Research Guide|http:\/\/capellauniversity.libguides.com\/BSN|capellauniversity.libguides.com|\/BSN\">BSN Program Library Research Guide<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>for help in identifying scholarly and\/or authoritative sources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 1em 0px 20px; font-size: 27px; line-height: 38px; cursor: auto;\">Instructions<\/h4>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In this assessment, assume you are a nurse in an acute care, community, school, nursing home, or other health care setting. Before your shift begins, you scroll through Facebook and notice that a coworker has posted a photo of herself and a patient on Facebook. The post states, &#8220;I am so happy Jane is feeling better. She is just the best patient I\u2019ve ever had, and I am excited that she is on the road to recovery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You have recently completed your annual continuing education requirements at work and realize this is a breach of your organization&#8217;s social media policy. Your organization requires employees to immediately report such breaches to the privacy officer to ensure the post is removed immediately and that the nurse responsible receives appropriate corrective action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You follow appropriate organizational protocols and report the breach to the privacy officer. The privacy officer takes swift action to remove the post. Due to the severity of the breach, the organization&nbsp;terminates the nurse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Based on this incident&#8217;s severity, your organization has established a task force with two main goals:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Educate staff on HIPAA and appropriate social media use in health care.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Prevent confidentiality, security, and privacy breaches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The task force has been charged with creating a series of interprofessional staff updates on the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Social media best practices.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What not to do: Social media.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Social media risks to patient information.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Steps to take if a breach occurs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You are asked to select one or more of the topics and create the content for a staff update containing a<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">maximum<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of two content pages.&nbsp;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This assessment is not a traditional essay<\/span>.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;It is a&nbsp;staff educational&nbsp;update about PHI.<\/span>&nbsp;Consider creating a flyer, pamphlet, or one PowerPoint slide (not an entire presentation). Remember it should not be more than two pages (excluding a title and a reference page).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The task force has asked team members assigned to the topics to include the following content in their updates in addition to content on their selected topics:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What is protected health information (PHI)?<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Be sure to include essential HIPAA information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What are privacy, security, and confidentiality?<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Define and provide examples of privacy, security, and confidentiality concerns related to the use of technology in health care.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Explain the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration to safeguard sensitive electronic health information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What evidence relating to social media usage and PHI do interprofessional team members need to be aware of? For example:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How many nurses have been terminated for inappropriate social media use in the United States?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What types of sanctions have health care organizations imposed on interdisciplinary team members who have violated social media policies?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What have been the financial penalties assessed against health care organizations for inappropriate social media use?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">What evidence-based strategies have health care organizations employed to prevent or reduce confidentiality, privacy, and security breaches, particularly related to social media usage?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto;\">Notes<\/h5>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your staff update is limited to two double-spaced content pages. Be selective about the content you choose to include in your update so you can meet the page length requirement. Include<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">need-to-know<\/span>information. Omit<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">nice-to-know<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>information.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Many times people do not read staff updates, do not read them carefully, or do not read them to the end. Ensure your staff update piques staff members&#8217; interest, highlights key points, and is easy to read. Avoid overcrowding the update with too much content.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Also, supply a separate reference page that includes two or three peer-reviewed and one or two non-peer-reviewed resources (for a total of 3\u20135 resources) to support the staff update content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto;\">Additional Requirements<\/h5>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 17px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Written communication:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>Ensure the staff update is free from errors that detract from the overall message.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Submission length:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Maximum of two double-spaced content pages.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Font and font size:<\/span>&nbsp;Use Times New Roman, 12-point.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Citations and references:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Provide a separate reference page that includes 2\u20133 current, peer-reviewed and 1\u20132&nbsp;current, non-peer-reviewed in-text citations and references (total of 3\u20135 resources) that support the staff update&#8217;s content. Current<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">means<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>no older than 5 years.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">APA format:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Be sure your citations and references adhere to APA format. Consult the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-track=\"Resource Link|Evidence and APA|https:\/\/campustools.capella.edu\/redirect.aspx?linkid=1540|campustools.capella.edu|\/redirect.aspx?linkid=1540\">Evidence and APA<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>page for an APA refresher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare a 2-page interprofessional staff update on HIPAA and appropriate social media use in health care. 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