A nurse colleague uses his personal cell phone to take a photo of a patient’s wound and then sends a message with the photo to the primary care provider via a text. Please consider the following in your discussion post:

• What principles of patient confidentiality might be an issue? Consider legal and ethical.
• How might this nurse use a communication device to support safe patient practices?
• What would your organization’s policy on ‘personal communication device use in a patient care setting’ reveal related to this case? (If your organization does not have a written policy, or you are not currently working in an organization, what do you think should be included in such a policy and why?)

SOLUTION  

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the HIPAA Privacy Rule to protect patient’s health information.  According to the HHS’s website, The HIPPA Security Rule’s goal is to protect individuals’ electronic personal health information (ePHI) that is created, received, used, or maintained by a covered entity and requires appropriate administrative, physical and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of electronic protected health information. Information security is the protection of confidential information against inadvertent disclosure or threats to its integrity (Hebda, 2019). ……please click the icon below to purchase full answer at $10