HIPPA Class Reflection

I have worked in the health care field for a while now and with taking this class I still was taught new things every chapter I read for this class. It is almost impossible to be at the position where you can say that you know all you need to know in community health. Policies are often changing throughout the state and country, as well the simple policies that change in the hospitals and doctor offices. I know that my knowledge has improved from this class; however, I do know there is more I could learn. I sometimes struggle understanding the HIPPA law. There is some information we can give, yet some that we cannot give out to anyone but the patient. It sometimes is a struggle for me to understand the differences between what information …show more content…
Well that doesn’t always say that you give the best care. There could be a doctor that of course has his PhD but the physician assistant that is underneath him gives better care simply because they show more compassion. Compassion is so imporanti n health care. You deal with so many patients going through tons of different things. If I have a patient at my desk crying because they have received so many hospital bills that they can’t pay because they are off work after being diagnosed with cancer. I am not going to look at them and say “ Well I’m sorry you can’t pay your bill right now but I don’t really care. You are going to collections.” I would exhaust all options of helping them and finding a way that I can maybe help lessen their bill or find a way they can find smaller portions. You have to put yourself in their shoes. If you just got diagnosed with stage four cancer, would you be most concerned about your bills over your health? Some people may not have to worry as much about that sort of thing. You have to have compassion to be caring to those people. It is more devastating to them if they come into the office and are treated