No. 6, 550 –556 © 2009 American Psychological Association 0735-7028/09/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0016853 Electronic Medical Records: Confidentiality Issues in the Time of HIPAA Margaret M. Richards Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital With the application of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the medical community, new issues arise for psychologists in keeping documented records of patient visits. Confidentiality limits have broadened, making use of the electronic
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concerns to policies and procedures. On a number of occasions, employees who work late into the evening have seen the house keeping staff reading unwanted records. This is a direct violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Laws. These laws are put into place for patient protection. This breach of security took place in a department of restricted-access, and certainly should not have transpired. Any unwanted patient records should be shredded before being discarded in
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Administrative Ethics: A Case Study Social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, have professional uses. However, there is increasing concern over misuse of social media. In The New York Times article “When Med Students Post Patient Pictures” Cohen (2011) describes a situation in which a medical student posts a comical picture of a patient with rebar in his abdomen. The student uploads the picture to Facebook with the caption “a 5-foot-9 Hispanic male walks into a bar” (para. 1). Additionally
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Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Electronic Funds Transfer Act were designed to protect individual’s personal information. These two acts aim at protecting important personal information that can make an individual vulnerable to identity theft and other crimes. In the growing world of technology, individuals need protection and privacy from potential criminals. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed on August 21, 1996 with a goal to
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Question 1 4 * Identify the problems associated with patient confidentiality * Discuss the purpose of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. * Describe the information to which the Privacy Rule refers and how it applies to your profession. * Discuss the penalties for noncompliance with HIPAA. * Discuss electronic medical record (EMR) and its importance. Answers: 1) The disclosure of personal information could cause professional or personal problems;
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Previous health care records were handwritten by a clinician on paper forms in a folder and stored away in file cabinets. An electronic medical record (EMR) is the electronic version of this previous medical chart, and what is popularly used in today’s time of health care. “It includes all components of the patient’s medical records and enables any member of a patient’s treatment team to access the patient’s progress notes, treatment plans, medications, and other patient information from a variety
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because of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Today an organization must take specific measures to protect an individual’s private health information. As technology advances with the coming future, protection as become increasing difficult, covering all the basis and guidelines brought forth by HIPAA laws. A major concern of the federal government is an intended or unintended breach of HIPAA regulations. Along with HIPAA, came the creation of the Privacy Rule. The Privacy Rule
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with APA guidelines. Term | Definition | How It Is Used in Health Care | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | “The HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information; the HIPAA Security Rule, which sets national standards for the security of electronic protected health information; the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, which requires covered entities and business associates to provide notification following a breach of unsecured protected
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referred as HIPAA, was enacted by the United States Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton. HIPAA is largely famous today for requiring protection and confidentiality of patients. “The HIPAA Privacy regulations require health care providers and organizations, as well as their business associates, develop and follow procedures that ensure the confidentiality and security of protected health information (PHI) when it is transferred, received, handled, or shared.” (California DOHCS) HIPAA helps to
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Protected Health Care Information is to maintain and protect patient’s information from being disclosed to another person such as patient, co workers and agencies. Personal Health Information is not always require to have a consent from a patient, law enforcement research purposes and workers compensation would need a patients consent to agree or disagree with releasing personal information. Government Agencies: Or any provider would have to have a written consent to obtain any information on a
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