NURS FPX 4040 Assessment 2  Protected Health Information (PHI), Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality Best Practice. Social Media Use    

NURS FPX 4040 Assessment 2  Protected Health Information (PHI), Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality Best Practice.

Social Media Use    

Social media has been a powerful tool in recent times for connecting people, communication, education, campaigns, and advertisement. However, its use in patient care settings should be done with utmost care to avoid violating various rules and guidelines (Degagne et al.,2018). For example, its use should not violate patient privacy, the code of ethics, and patient health information and abide by HIPPA rules.

Best Practices

Social media has been used in the past years in the right way to increase the visibility of the nursing profession as well as the vital role of nurses in the healthcare system (Price et al.,2018). Therefore, for nurses to appropriately use social media, there are various actions for best practices, including:

1. Being aware of the audience implies that nurses should ensure that the content they share on social media is appropriate such that others can even share it
2. The nurse should also maintain professionalism by avoiding sharing posts that can be treated as inappropriate or unprofessional, like patient videos and photos.
3. -Nurses also need to engage with respectful content only. This means that they should not share derogatory, homophobic, racist, disparaging, or harmful
4. -The professionals should also be aware of the social media policy, especially those policies which have been put down by the employer. Such knowledge will help the professionals to adhere to the policy and guidelines and avoid chances of violating the same.
5. -Nurses should also adhere to HIPPA guidelines on patient health information and hospital guidelines on the same.

  Protected Health Information

Protected health information refers to health data that has been formulated, received, stored, or shared by the HIPAA-covered entities with their associates in connection to healthcare services payment, healthcare operations, and provision of healthcare. The information includes every individually identifiable health information such as insurance information, test results, medical histories, demographic data, and every other information that can be used to identify a patient.

Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality

Privacy, security, and confidentiality are three terms commonly used in reference to patient health information and protected health information. Privacy refers to the right of a patient to be allowed to make decisions regarding how their personal information can be shared. A patient has a right to privacy.

Security entails the means applied in protecting the privacy of health information as well as supporting the professionals in ensuring that the information is confidential. For example, a nurse should protect patient information, such as their illness and recovery status, from unauthorized individuals. Confidentiality refers to the obligations of professionals who access patient health information and patient records to hold such information in confidence. Security, confidentiality, and privacy concerns are sometimes related to the use of technology in health care. For example, when using social media as a platform for sharing information, private information should not be shared. Professionals should also ensure confidential information remains as such and is not shared on social media. They should also ensure that the information is secure and not accessed by unauthorized individuals. These are HIPPA rules requirements

Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Sensitive Information

-Interdisciplinary collaboration is key in safeguarding sensitive electronic medical information. They can all observe the HIPPA rules, showing a shared understanding and respect for patient information. Professionals can also use simulation-based tools collaboratively to support sensitive information.

-Interprofessional team needs to know the aspects connected to social media usage and PHI. For example, thousands of nurses have been terminated for inappropriate social media use. Sanctions such as withdrawal of certification have been meted out on professionals violating social media policies.

-Various methods can be used in addressing privacy, confidentiality, and security breaches, in