Health care information is important to handle with care, and anyone with access must ensure the records are protected and remain private. There is more to consider when health care information is being handled, and everyone involved should understand the implications associated with protected health information. The use of ethics when dealing with health care information is vital to determine if proper care is being issued with the information. Whether proper use of the health information is right or wrong and what options are available and which options should be avoided is an ethical decision (Tayade, 2015). Legal aspects also apply with protected health care information which include standards of privacy and security enacted with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) of 1996 (Mastrian and McGonigle, 2017).
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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