27 Mar nurs-fpx4040-assessment-02 Protected Health Information (PHI): Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality Best Practices

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]

(https://courseroom.capella.edu/courses/13389/files/2151881?wrap=1)

(https://courseroom.capella.edu/courses/13389/files/2151881/download

?download_frd=1)

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.

P t fid ti lit it d i b h

Instructions

First, select one of the health care settings described in the following

resource:

Assessment 02 Supplement: Protected Health Information [PDF]

(https://courseroom.capella.edu/courses/13389/files/2151881?wrap=1)

(https://courseroom.capella.edu/courses/13389/files/2151881/download

?download_frd=1)

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?

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Additional Requirements

Written communication: Ensure the staff update is free from errors

that detract from the overall message.

Submission length: Maximum of two double-spaced content pages.

Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12-point.

Citations and references: Provide a separate reference page that

includes 2–3 current, peer-reviewed and 1–2 current, non-peerreviewed in-text citations and references (total of 3–5 resources) that

support the staff update’s content. Current means no older than 5

years.

APA format: Be sure your citations and references adhere to APA

format. Consult the Evidence and APA

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