In 1976, the California Supreme Court ruled in the case of Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California that a patient’s right to confidentiality “ends where the public peril begins.” It was decided that doctor-patient confidentiality could—and should—be broken if the doctor believes a patient will cause serious harm to another person. In his article entitled “A Defense of Unqualified Medical Confidentiality,” Kenneth Kipnis argues that doctor-patient confidentiality should always be kept, contrary to the findings of the Tarasoff case. He presents the fictionalized case of the infected spouse to clarify his argument. In this case, a husband learns from his doctor that he is HIV positive.…
After choosing scenario number three, I determined there was no conflict of principles or values in regards to me making the right decision. The nurse was in violation of hospital policy and in violation of HIPPA, which requires me to report the situation for patient safety. I would report what I saw to the charge nurse, instead of approaching the senior nurse and possibly having the situation become hostile. The ANA provision that mainly applies to the situation would be provision 3.1, which is the protection of the rights of privacy and confidentiality of the patient. The nurse violated this provision by looking in the chart of the patient in order to learn why the patient sought care.…
Scenario 2 The head nurse should absolutely know that disclosing information to another person is a serious violation…
Releasing patient information is not only unethical, but also against the law. I could mention meeting Jack Ryan, but there is no need to elaborate. I would state that I am not allowed to discuss patients or any patient information. The significant other should understand and respect the decision to not discuss. Violating HIPAA results in steep consequences.…
Technology is an important factor in today’s society especially in our healthcare system. The advancement in technology is on the rise and it is always changing and updating. The healthcare system is making their way to convert all their medical records electronically; although this can be a good transition, it can also pose a problem. Electronic health records have not been perfected and there are still risks for breaches and potentially a big possibility of disclosing patient’s important medical and personal records. On September 8, 2011, Nemours, a Children’s Health System reported missing three unencrypted computer backup tapes that were locked and stored in a cabinet in the Nemours Health System facility in Delaware.…
Confidentiality can be described as a set of guidelines and procedures that place boundaries and restrictions on certain types of information. In medicine, the ability to keep a patient's health data private is one of the core responsibilities of a physician. In A Defense of Unqualified Medical Confidentiality, Kenneth Kipnis describes his view of patient privacy as absolute and something that must be upheld without waiver. In his essay, he disagrees with the views of the justice system and its stance in which it suggests confidentiality may be breached in order to ensure the welfare of a third party. He believes that legal and personal standards are not acceptable motivation to break the bond between patient/doctor trust.…
Healthcare professionals are to keep their commitments and promises to the patients when they care for them but the confidence and integrity of the patient was breached when the information was leaked. Unless the worker herself confirmed that she herself was the one who told the other workers of her own diagnosis, then it is highly likely that the healthcare professionals have breached the oath. However, because the staff wants to do good for the patient, that’s possibly why there’s a need to insist on reporting to the physician to maximise good and minimise harm for the patient. On the other hand, to do good for the patient, it’s also our responsibility as staff to uphold the patient’s personal information and respect their wishes of not wanting to inform the physician if this happens. This collides with the value of autonomy.…
This case study relates the experience of Janet, a patient who, after presenting at the Emergency Department with severe abdominal pain was admitted to a ward for observation and treatment. I will discuss the following three pieces of legislation as relevant to her care: The Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (HPCAA), The Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 - Consumer Code of Rights (reviewed 2009) (the Code) and The Health and Information Privacy Code 1994 (HIPA). I will outline how the nurse acted in accordance with the Code of Ethics in regard to the principles of beneficence, autonomy and confidentiality and show how the legislation and ethical principles relate to Janet’s experience.…
Introduction The one of important principle in medical ethics that the information about patient is private and secrecy that relating to that information. Patient confidentiality is a primary part of health care that should be caravel about it . It requires for all health care providers to keep the personal health information about the patient’s private unless the consent release to the information is provided by the patient. The ethics issues surround in patient confidentiality is the one of the important topic that can affected the patient social life if one know the patient and the condition my he inform the rest of the society about patient condition that my make them Socially pariah .I chose this topic because it's the most sensitive…
My explanation to this question will be vague because I’m always concerned about patient confidentiality. I work in the healthcare field, and a few years ago there was a patient that came in and was seen by a physician for advice. I was present during the visit and the physician seemed to not understand what the patient was looking for in her care, and only gave her one option for treatment, and he was also very short with the patient. Once the physician left the room, the patient explained to me that the last time she was in to see the physician he had more options regarding her care, and was concerned why those were not options now, and was not happy about the way he talked to her. I approached the physician on the patient’s behalf, and…
Our research topic is Privacy and Security of Social Media in Health Care. As a result of new technological advances constantly arising most Health Care facilities are/ have switched over to the electronic side. Yes this makes many tasks much simpler and more convenient, however, there is a greater ability for personal information to get breached or hacked into being most people now days are always on different sources of social media. It is important for all facilities to have a security policy implemented in order to avoid this from occurring. Confidentiality is an essential part in maintaining the integrity of the process (Shamoo 2015 ).…
As an agency employee, student, or volunteer in any medical field, you love to talk about the nature of what you do, and how it is humanist. About talking of the humanist, you should to know the laws of this work and put the interests of the patient at the top. Also you are committed to protecting the privacy of patients, and you should never be posted their Information on a social networking site such as: twitter, and the patient may be the only person who has that right, and he will be responsible for what happens next. Protect patient privacy is one of the most kind of humanist, cause when you saving that privacy you will be trusted by him, he will allow you to diagnose him without fear and full of trust and he will be comfortable. Also…
Health professionals want to maintain a perfect image, therefore, admitting to an error be challenging. Nurses need to maintain a high standard of behavior on and off duty and take full responsibility for their action and claim accountability of any mistake made. Documentation is a vital part of nursing as it contains all the information of the patient which then can be accessed by the government organizations during an audit. In RN Liz’s instance, she breached the code of rights, domains of the competence and standards of the principle in the code of conduct. She did not show professionalism and did not take proper responsibility while administering medication to Mr. A. she also failed to document the incident and to speak to or take advice from her co-workers or seniors RN’s in response to her situation of feeling…
Every client has the right to a voice and privacy. “Professional standards promote the highest level of quality nursing care for individuals and groups in institutional and community-based settings,” (Potter & Perry, pg. 153, 2010). As a RPN student, I have demonstrated some of the qualities of nursing in a professional manner. When dealing with a client, I ensure complete privacy by pulling the door shut behind me as well as draw a curtain in case a staff member or other resident were to wonder in. I also allow my resident to have a voice and if they do not want to do a particular task, I do not force them.…
Protecting the patients’ privacy must be part of the day-to-day work of all employees who have access to patient information. I believe that the patient was affected emotionally especially if she didn't want anyone to know about her disease and feel that her coworker may know, she may feel embarrassed. Also, the patients waiting in the line may also be affected by the pharmacist unethical verbal way of talking. We can't forget that the failure by pharmacist to follow the code of ethics (disrespecting the privacy of the patient) and acting unethically could result in losing the patient’s trust, and in some situations pharmacists may end up losing their jobs and get fired for breaking the code, as well as the pharmacy may itself be put…