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Read the scenario and then type responses to the questions directly below each question.
You leave your computer to go to lunch. As you step away from the computer, your coworker Jeremy, another radiologic technologist, gets on the same computer. Upon returning from lunch, you notice that you did not properly log off the system, and someone accessed a patient’s chart through your log-in ID. This particular patient’s chart was not your patient and you have no reason to access this chart. You notice the patient is a young female, age 24 years. Later that day, in the break room, you overhear a conversation between two staff members who observed Jeremy being “very friendly with a young female patient this morning,” and commenting that Jeremy has carrying on personal conversations with female patients, even when they are not assigned to him. You begin to suspect Jeremy may have accessed this patient’s chart for personal reasons.
Cite specific HIPAA provisions that may have been violated. (2 points)
If there is a HIPAA violation, are you liable? Is Jeremy? Why or why not? (3 points)
What should you do now? (3 points)
Does this violate the ethical guidelines for your profession? Provide an online source supporting your answer. (2 points)
Use at least 2 online sources to justify your responses. Make sure you provide complete website addresses, including the ‘http://’ (such as http://www.aapc.com/certification/index.aspx ) of each source. (5 points)
Explanation / Answer
HIPAA(Health insurance portability and accountability act)
1.Data privacy and security provisions of the patients undergoing medical tests has been violated according to HIPAA provisions.
2.One should be legally responsible to handle such kind of situations and report to higher authorities of legal management .This kind of situations should be dealt carefully and corrective action should be taken by reporting to the legal authorities.Hospital should have a separate community to handle such kind of ethical hinderances.
3.This can violate the ethical guidelines for the individuals profession as he/she must be very attentive in dealing with patient reports.This is totally a negligence of the person which gave a chance to the coworker to use his/her login id which comes under HIPAA complaince.
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