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HIPAA requires healthcare providers such as doctors, nurses, pharmacies, hospitals and nursing homes to keep patient health information private. It establishes rules for handling electronic health records and protects discussions between providers. Employees must receive annual training on HIPAA and confidentiality policies and sign an acknowledgement. Violating patient privacy can result in serious consequences like expulsion due to the healthcare organization's zero tolerance policy.
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- 1. Confidentiality • Altayework Berhaneselassie • MHA 690: • Professor Sherry Grover • May 23, 2013
- 2. What is HIPAA? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) helps to keep your health information private. HIPAA requires that providers, such as doctors, nurses, pharmacies, hospitals and nursing homes, keep your health information private. A federal law protects your health information in electronic form. It requires organizations covered by HIPAA to keep electronic information about your health private. Groups that must follow HIPAA laws include health plans and most health care providers. A federal law also helps to keep private any information that health care providers discuss with one another (www.aha.org)
- 3. HIPAA Requirement • The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) helps to keep your health information private. HIPAA requires that providers, such as doctors, nurses, pharmacies, hospitals and nursing homes, keep your health information private.
- 4. Employee annual training • All staff members should have training annually on confidentiality especially when the staff has access to personal information; the training should include HIPAA rules and regulations.
- 5. Consequences • Staff should know that there can be serious ramifications for violating a patient’s privacy • Employees must not see patients record unless directly involve with patient care. • The hospital practice zero tolerance policy. • Violation of patient privacy and confidentiality Results in automatic expulsion
- 6. Employee Hand Book • . During the annual in-service they should be given an employee handbook that address confidentiality and the employees should sign a copy for their personnel file every year.
Editor's Notes
- #3: http://www.aha.org/content/00-10/pcp_english_030730.pdf.