Transcript of Mha 690 patient privacy & confidentiality
- 1. Patient Privacy & Confidentiality By: Jeronique
Loftin
- 2. Importance of Privacy in Healthcare Theprivacy and
confidentiality of our patients are one of our top priorities
Confidentiality means that nurses and doctors should only discuss
the medical issues/condition of a patient when there is a valid
reason for doing so
- 3. Importance of Privacy in Healthcare Medicallynecessary
information should only be shared as a necessity to those
nurses/doctors working on the same patient Patient info should not
be shared with anyone other than those treating them
- 4. Confidentiality at Work Becausehospitals are busy and
hectic, it can be easy for a someone to inadvertently disclose a
patients information Talking too loud or around the wrong people
can further breach confidentiality
- 5. Consequences of Breaching Privacy Warningsand write-ups
Termination of employment Criminal charges
- 6. Some Proactive Steps Compliancewith HIPAA Law Never discuss
patient information with those not medically necessary Always
log-out of staff computers