| A | B |
|---|
| No Information No Publication | NINP |
| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | HIPAA |
| A female hippopotamus | HIPPA |
| March 2005 | Implementation of HIPAA Security Rule for Electronic Information |
| Protected Health Information | PHI |
| Patient has suffered financial or personal loss due to a breach of confidentiality | Grounds for a legal violation |
| Injury by acts of violence | Exempt information |
| There is no need for the State to prove "wrongful intent" when prosecuting a breach of confidentiality case | True |
| Speak quietly, seek a quiet area, pull the privacy curtain | How to protect oral information |
| Shred information that includes patient identifiers, cover clipboards and charts, file reports in a timely fashion | How to protect written information |
| Use a password, do not share passwords, log off a screen when finished, use black screens, position screen out of view, used concealed methods of patient identity on monitors | How to protect computerized information |
| Email and Voice Mail | Non secure channels of information |
| Use pass words, position machine out of public view, use a cover letter with a disclaimer, assign an individual to be responsible for pickup, call before sending, always obtain a receipt | How to secure faxed information |
| Lock them up, don't leave out with unauthorized personnel, only authorized individual may access, only supervised viewing of the contents by the patient | How to protect the patient record |
| The patient | Who owns the information within a patient record? |
| The facility | Who owns the hard copies of a patient record? |
| Not without patient authorization | Is it ok to give information out on a person of public standing, such as an actor or politician? (Please note: they may be one in the same!) |
| On a need to know basis | When can patient information be shared among healthcare workers? |
| Patient Bill of Rights | A document that includes confidentiality among a list of items patients can expect regarding their personal and medical information |
| Code of Ethics | A document that includes confidentiality of patient information as a standard for all healthcare workers |
| HITECH rule | Covers all entities working with computerized files and programs |
