NURS FPX 4040 Assessment 2 Protected Health Information PHI Privacy Security and Confidentiality Best Practices JJ Protected Health Information (PHI)

NURS FPX 4040 Assessment 2 Protected Health Information PHI Privacy Security and Confidentiality Best Practices JJ

Protected Health Information (PHI)

Health professionals today have a duty to be accountable for patient or company information on social media due to Protected Health Information (PHI). Many government and regulatory agenciespromote and support privacy and security of data posted online by nurses. The Protected Health Information (PHI) refers to a medical record or database created by a healthcare professional or an organization while recording patients’ personal information. It may also include details of their diagnosis of treatment. Since social media use is aimed at improving patient-nurse communication; recently, a nurse has been terminated at our nursing home due to breach of organization’s social media posting policy. The fact remains that advances in technology and social media use has increased risks of protecting PHI. Therefore, this report aims at updating the staff related to privacy, security, and confidentiality best practices to ensure secure technology use in the nursing home. This update will help the staff to realize the importance of keeping their passwords secure while logging into public computers and share patient information only with authorized personnel instead of posting it on their private social media accounts. This staff update report aims to encourage the inter-professional team to protect the privacy, confidentiality, and security of patient information.

NURS FPX 4040 Assessment 2 Protected Health Information (PHI): Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality Best Practices JJ

Importance of Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Safeguard Sensitive Electronic Health Information

Interdisciplinary collaboration is vital for ensuring the right implementation of all the privacy, security, and confidentiality practices to improve the quality of protecting patient health information. This means that the teams of nurses, doctors, administrators, and other hospital staff can effectively collaborate and communicate patient information without leaking it to make vital decisions (Berwick, 2018). These practices allow nursing homes to avoid possible violations of PHI rules related to social media postings and work according to HIPPA laws. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act were enacted in 1996 designed by the federal government to discourage and prohibit posting of patients’ personal information online. The HIPPA protects the rights of millions of American patients by safeguarding and protecting their personal information disclosed to healthcare professionals and organizations (Valdez, 2019)