She has hired students from the local high school and provided no additional training to them before allowing them to work with protected health care information. Previously the students were working with business documents, and there is a different standard of care that must be met to maintain confidentiality and privacy of the health records. This care includes not only handling, but also properly disposing of the information. The scenarios states that with previous documents that could not be scanned a copy would be made and the original discarded. The students need proper training to handle the protected health information before actually beginning to scan the records. Ethically and legally the students need to be prepared to handle the information and the health care center should also ensure the confidentiality and privacy of the patient information before delivering the boxes of protected health
She has hired students from the local high school and provided no additional training to them before allowing them to work with protected health care information. Previously the students were working with business documents, and there is a different standard of care that must be met to maintain confidentiality and privacy of the health records. This care includes not only handling, but also properly disposing of the information. The scenarios states that with previous documents that could not be scanned a copy would be made and the original discarded. The students need proper training to handle the protected health information before actually beginning to scan the records. Ethically and legally the students need to be prepared to handle the information and the health care center should also ensure the confidentiality and privacy of the patient information before delivering the boxes of protected health