Manage access and disclosure for the release of protected health information.
Manage access and disclosure for the release of protected health information.
U2Imagecropped.jpg Health care professionals may be asked to disclose patient information to law enforcement. As an administrator, you must provide comprehensive education about HIPAA compliance to your staff, including the scope of allowable disclosures to law enforcement officials. The objective of a HIPAA compliance training should be to empower your staff to handle patient information disclosure situations with professionalism and confidence.
Create a compliance training using PowerPoint. The slide content you prepare will be converted and delivered to employees electronically through your hospital’s e-learning platform.
Audience: Hospital employees
Training objective: To educate hospital staff on what is allowable when requests for patient information are made by law enforcement officials.
Length: Seven (7) slides of content
Introduction
HIPAA Defined
Legality of PHI disclosures to law enforcement
Examples of allowable PHI disclosures to law enforcement
Examples of non-allowable disclosures to law enforcement
Suggested Resources (provide resources for employees to verify if a disclosure is allowable or not).
Conclusion
Additional slides may be added, if desired.
Speaker’s notes are not required.
APA requirements: Title and reference slides, three sources, in-text citations
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