Prepare a 2-page interprofessional staff update on HIPAA and appropriate social media use in health care. Introduction As you begin to consider the assessment, it would be an excellent choice to complete the Breach of Protected Health Information (PHI) activity. The will support your success with the assessment by creating the opportunity for you to test your knowledge of potential privacy, security, and confidentiality violations of protected health information. The activity is not graded and counts towards course engagement. Health professionals today are increasingly accountable for the use of protected health information (PHI).\u00a0Various government and regulatory agencies promote and support privacy and security through a variety of activities. Examples include: \u2022 Meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR). \u2022 Provision of EHR incentive programs through Medicare and Medicaid. \u2022 Enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules. \u2022 Release of educational resources and tools to help providers and hospitals address privacy, security, and confidentiality risks in their practices. Technological advances, such as the use of social media platforms and applications for patient progress tracking and communication, have provided more access to health information and improved communication between care providers and patients. At the same time, advances such as these have resulted in more risk for protecting PHI. Nurses typically receive annual training on protecting patient information in their everyday practice. This training usually emphasizes privacy, security, and confidentiality best practices such as: \u2022 Keeping passwords secure. \u2022 Logging out of public computers. \u2022 Sharing patient information only with those directly providing care or who have been granted permission to receive this information. Today, one of the major risks associated with privacy and confidentiality of patient identity and data relates to social media.\u00a0Many nurses and other health care providers place themselves at risk when they use social media\u00a0or other electronic communication systems\u00a0inappropriately. For example, a Texas nurse was recently terminated for posting patient vaccination information on Facebook. In another case, a New York nurse was terminated for posting an insensitive emergency department photo on her Instagram account. Health care providers today must develop their skills in mitigating risks to their patients and themselves to patient information. At the same time, they need to be able distinguish between effective and ineffective uses of social media in health care. This assessment will require you to develop a staff update for the interprofessional team to encourage team members to protect the privacy, confidentiality, and security of patient information. Preparation To successfully prepare to complete this assessment, complete the following: \u2022 Review the infographics on protecting PHI provided in the resources for this assessment, or find other infographics to review. These infographics serve as examples of how to succinctly summarize evidence-based information. \u2022 Analyze these infographics and distill them into five or six principles of what makes them effective. As you design your interprofessional staff update, apply these principles. Note: In a staff update, you will not have all the images and graphics that an infographic might contain. Instead, focus your analysis on what makes the messaging effective. \u2022 Select from any of the following options, or a combination of options, the focus of your interprofessional staff update: \u2022 Social media best practices. \u2022 What not to do: social media. \u2022 Social media risks to patient information. \u2022 Steps to take if a breach occurs. \u2022 Conduct independent research on the topic you have selected in addition to reviewing the suggested resources for this assessment. This information will serve as the source(s) of the information contained in your interprofessional staff update. Consult the BSN Program Library Research Guide for help in identifying scholarly and\/or authoritative sources. Instructions In this assessment, assume you are a nurse in an acute care, community, school, nursing home, or other health care setting. Before your shift begins, you scroll through Facebook and notice that a coworker has posted a photo of herself and a patient on Facebook. states, \u201cI am so happy Jane is feeling better. She is just the best patient I\u2019ve ever had, and I am excited that she is on the road to recovery.\u201d You have recently completed your annual continuing education requirements at work and realize this is a breach of your organization\u2019s social media policy. Your organization requires employees to immediately report such breaches to the privacy officer to ensure 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 . Due to the severity of the breach, the organization terminates the nurse. Based on this incident\u2019s severity, your organization has established a task force with two main goals: \u2022 Educate staff on HIPAA and appropriate social media use in health care. \u2022 Prevent confidentiality, security, and privacy breaches. The task force has been charged with creating a series of interprofessional staff updates on the following topics: \u2022 Social media best practices. \u2022 What not to do: Social media. \u2022 Social media risks to patient information. \u2022 Steps to take if a breach occurs. You are asked to select one or more of the topics and create the content for a staff update containing a maximum of two content pages.\u00a0This assessment is not a traditional essay.\u00a0It is a\u00a0staffeducational\u00a0update about PHI.\u00a0Consider creating a flyer, pamphlet, or PowerPoint slide. 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: \u2022 What is protected health information (PHI)? \u2022 Be sure to include essential HIPAA information. \u2022 What are privacy, security, and confidentiality? \u2022 Define and provide examples of privacy, security, and confidentiality concerns to the use of technology in health care. \u2022 Explain the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration to safeguard sensitive electronic health information. \u2022 What evidence relating to social media usage and PHI do interprofessional team members need to be aware of? For example: \u2022 How many nurses have been terminated for inappropriate social media use in the United States? \u2022 What types of sanctions have health care organizations imposed on interdisciplinary team members who have violated social media policies? \u2022 What have been the financial penalties assessed against health care organizations for inappropriate social media use? \u2022 What evidence-based strategies have health care organizations employed to prevent or reduce confidentiality, privacy, and security breaches, particularly to social media usage? Notes \u2022 Your staff update is limited to two double-spaced content pages. Be selective about the content you choose to include in your update so you can meet the page length requirement. Include need-to-know information. Omit nice-to-know information. \u2022 Many times people do not read staff updates, do not read them carefully, or do not read them to the end. Ensure your staff update piques staff members\u2019 interest, highlights key points, and is easy to read. Avoid overcrowding the update with too much content. \u2022 Also, supply a separate reference page that includes two or three peer-reviewed and one or two non-peer-reviewed resources (for a total of 3\u20135 resources) to support the staff update content. Additional Requirements \u2022 Written communication: Ensure the staff update is free from errors that detract from the overall message. \u2022 Submission length: Maximum of two double-spaced content pages. \u2022 Font and font size:\u00a0Use Times New Roman, 12-point. \u2022 Citations and references: Provide a separate reference page that includes 2\u20133 current, peer-reviewed and 1\u20132\u00a0current, non-peer-reviewed in-text citations and references (total of 3\u20135 resources) that support the staff update\u2019s content. Current mean no older than 5 years. \u2022 APA format: Be sure your citations and references adhere to APA format. Consult the Evidence and APA page for an APA refresher. Competencies Measured By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria: \u2022 Competency 1: Describe nurses\u2019 and the interdisciplinary team\u2019s role in informatics with a focus on electronic health information and patient care technology to support decision making. \u2022 Describe the security, privacy, and confidentially laws to protecting sensitive electronic health information that govern the interdisciplinary team. \u2022 Explain the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration to safeguard sensitive electronic health information. \u2022 Competency 2: Implement evidence-based strategies to effectively manage protected health information. \u2022 Identify evidence-based approaches to mitigate risks to patients and health care staff to sensitive electronic health information. \u2022 Develop a professional, effective staff update that educates interprofessional team members about protecting the security, privacy, and confidentiality of patient data, particularly as it pertains to social media usage. \u2022 Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication to facilitate use of health information and patient care technologies. \u2022 Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references. \u2022 Create a clear, concise, well-organized, and professional staff update that is generally free from errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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