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HIPAA violations truly occur on a day-to-day basis in every healthcare setting. It is up to the healthcare professional to remain vigilant as one never knows who is watching/listening. An example of this would be at our clinical with logging into EPIC. I’ve noticed several times healthcare workers not fully logging out of their computers and have their patient’s entire health records on display for those who pass in the hallways to observe. It is our duty as healthcare workers to ensure patient privacy, and technology is a way for us to do that – if we use it correctly. Eastern Michigan University has a great article explaining how to “Mind your technology. Technology has made information sharing easier than ever, but it also comes with risks. Sharing login credentials or passwords, leaving portable devices unattended, and texting patient information are all easy ways to commit a HIPAA violation. Use caution when discussing or viewing confidential information on devices and use your workplace healthcare messaging platform instead of regular text messaging” (Bvorel, 5 ways to prevent HIPAA violations 2023). These are all great examples of what to remain mindful of when working as an RN. This source also goes into detail about the basics of HIPAA, and many other tips to avoid violating these regulations. Nursing informatics plays a vital role in identifying these risks and implementing safeguards like two-factor authorizations to protect not only the patient but the healthcare workers accessing the information as well. As technology advances, nursing informatics will advance as well.
Bvorel. (2023, March 16). 5 ways to prevent HIPAA violations. EMU Online. https://online.emich.edu/degrees/healthcare/rn-to-…
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My personal experience with using EHR systems is only using Epic. The Epic system is pretty nice, once you get the hang of it. I think my favorite part of the Epic system is how easy it is to contact other nurses, other departments and providers. I especially like when you are setting up an IV medication and the computer/MAR can send the order data directly to the pump making it rather easy to set up an IV pump with a medication. Potential problems involve nurses speaking about patient information off the unit, or speaking too loudly when on the unit where other patients can hear private patient information. An example I can think of is the nurses station on Med-2 where some of the nurses are very loud when it comes to talking about patients. They even sometimes just say confidential information out loud for the whole floor to hear. A good way to keep these things from happening could be just education and maybe more managerial presence on the unit. Especially in the case of my Med-2 story. In terms of the role that informatics plays when it comes to patient privacy and security, it can be used to implement things like firewalls and other protection against data breeches (Sewell, 2016). It can also be used to create more secure programs to keep patient information as confidential as possible.
Sewell, J. (2016). Lippincott CoursePoint Enhanced for Sewell’s Informatics and Nursing (6th ed.). Wolters Kluwer Health. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781975131…
