NURS FPX 4040 Assessment 2 Protected Health Information PHI Privacy Security and Confidentiality Best Practice
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Capella University
NURS FPX 4040 Assessment 2 Protected Health Information PHI Privacy Security and Confidentiality Best Practice
Paper Instructions
Preparation
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.
To successfully prepare to complete this assessment, complete the following:
- Review the settings presented in the Assessment 02 Supplement Protected Health Information [PDF] Download Assessment 02 Supplement Protected Health Information [PDF]resource and select one to use as the focus for this assessment.
- 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.
- 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.
Note: 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.
- Select from any of the following options, or a combination of options, as the focus of your interprofessional staff update
- Social media best practices.
- What not to do social media.
- Social media risks to patient information.
- Steps to take if a breach occurs.
- 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 BSN Program Library Research Guide for help in identifying scholarly and/or authoritative sources.
Scenario
In this assessment, imagine you are a nurse in one of the health care settings described in the following resource:
- Assessment 02 Supplement Protected Health Information [PDF]Download Assessment 02 Supplement Protected Health Information [PDF]
Before your shift begins, you scroll through Facebook and notice that a coworker has posted a photo of herself and a patient on Facebook and described how happy she is that her patient is making great progress. You have recently completed your annual continuing education requirements at work and realize this is a breach of your organization’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.
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 terminates the nurse.
Based on this incident’s severity, your organization has established a task force with two main goals:
- Educate staff on HIPAA and appropriate social media use in health care.
- Prevent confidentiality, security, and privacy breaches.
The task force has been charged with creating a series of interprofessional staff updates on the following topics
- Social media best practices.
- What not to do Social media.
- Social media risks to patient information.
- Steps to take if a breach occurs.
Instructions
First, select one of the health care settings described in the following resource
- Assessment 02 Supplement Protected Health Information [PDF]Download Assessment 02 Supplement Protected Health Information [PDF]
As a nurse in this setting, you are asked to create the content for a staff update containing a maximum of two content pages that address one or more of these topics
- Social media best practices.
- What not to do social media.
- Social media risks to patient information.
- Steps to take if a breach occurs.
This assessment is not a traditional essay. It is a staff educational update about PHI. 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).
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
- What is protected health information (PHI)?
- Be sure to include essential HIPAA information.
- What are privacy, security, and confidentiality?
- Define and provide examples of privacy, security, and confidentiality concerns related to the use of technology in health care.
- Explain the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration to safeguard sensitive electronic health information.
- What evidence relating to social media usage and PHI do interprofessional team members need to be aware of? For example
- What are some examples of nurses being terminated for inappropriate social media use in the United States?
- What types of sanctions have health care organizations imposed on interdisciplinary team members who have violated social media policies?
- What have been the financial penalties assessed against health care organizations for inappropriate social media use?
- What evidence-based strategies have health care organizations employed to prevent or reduce confidentiality, privacy, and security breaches, particularly related to social media usage?
Notes
- 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 need-to-know information. Omit nice-to-know information.
- 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’ interest, highlights key points, and is easy to read. Avoid overcrowding the update with too much content.
- 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 3–5 resources) to support the staff update content.
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Sample Answer
Technology use in patient care can be risky despite the many visible benefits. As workers in a skilled nursing facility, staff members may breach patient privacy when sharing moments from daily activities on social media. Accordingly, adequate knowledge of social media ethics is crucial for everyone to promote a culture of safe patient care in this organization. This staff update explores how to use social media positively, regulations, and recommended practices.
Social Media Best Practices
- Avoid sharing inappropriate photos
- Use social media to educate and engage individuals and groups
- Avoid negative interactions
- Never discussion inappropriate topics, such as drug and alcohol use
Social Media Risks to Patient Information Breaches of patient privacy
- The potential spreading of misinformation
- Information access to malicious users
Protected Health Information (PHI) PHI any information in the medical records that can be used to identify a patient (Davis, 2023). Such identifiers include name, physical address, face photos, vehicle serial numbers, and comparable images.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules
- Protect the disclosure of patient health information to third parties without the patient’s consent (Thompson, 2023).
- Protect identifiable health information and notify patients in case of a security breach.
Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality Privacy involves allowing individuals to determine how and when their private health data is accessed and shared. Security is protecting data and ensuring adequate security resources. Confidentiality entails protecting private data from unauthorized people during storage, transmission, and care provision (Basil et al., 2022).
- Typical concerns include increased cyber-attacks, sophisticated knowledge of attackers/hackers, and unintentional security breaches.
- Importance of interdisciplinary collaboration it allows care providers to share knowledge, skills, and perspectives, hence better decision-making and responses regarding safeguarding sensitive electronic health information.
Evidence Related to Social Media Usage and PHI Evidence-Based Strategies for Reducing Breaches
Implementing physical, administrative, and technical safeguards they include the use of firewalls, data encryption, and duplicating critical hardware (Keshta & Odeh, 2021). Authentication through passwords and biometrics is also crucial to restrict access to private data.
Interprofessional collaboration it encourages shared accountability and teamwork and improves knowledge and adherence to the scope of practice and professional standards (Adamson et al., 2020).
Self-education research, read policy updates, and seek clarification on present practices on data storage, transmission, and sharing.
Conclusion
Social media is a valuable tool for nurses to interact with and educate individuals. Thus, nursing staff should adhere to best practices as professional standards and laws stipulate. This staff update is a guideline for nurses to ensure safe and ethical social media use in this facility.
References
- Adamson, K., Maxwell, J., & Forbes, J. (2020). Interprofessional guide to documentation in electronic health records. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, 21, 100387. https //doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2020.100387
- Basil, N. N., Ambe, S., Ekhator, C., Fonkem, E., Nduma, B. N., & Ekhator, C. (2022). Health records database and inherent security concerns a review of the literature. Cureus, 14(10) e30168. https //doi.org/10.7759%2Fcureus.30168
- Davis, N. A. (2023). Foundations of health information management-e-book. Elsevier Health Sciences.
- Keshta, I., & Odeh, A. (2021). Security and privacy of electronic health records Concerns and challenges. Egyptian Informatics Journal, 22(2), 177-183. https //doi.org/10.1016/j.eij.2020.07.003
- Thompson, J. K. (2023). Data for all. Manning.
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