+++
Discussion 1: HIPAA, Patient Rights, and Medical Social Worker Dilemmas
resources
Myers, R. K. (2009). The fundamentals of HIPAA. Privacy, security and electronic data transfer in clinical settings: What we need to know. Retrieved from http://www.clinicalsocialworkassociation.org/HIPAA
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (n.d.). Summary of the HIPAA privacy rule. Retrieved from https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/laws-regulations/index.html
Caine, K., & Hanania, R. (2013). Patients want granular privacy control over health information in electronic medical records. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 20(1), 7–15.
Harman, L. B., Flite, C. A., & Bond, K. (2014: 2024 – Essay Writing Service. Custom Essay Services Cheap). Electronic health records: Privacy, confidentiality, and security. Virtual Mentor, 14(9), 712–719.
Optional Resources
Colvin, J. D., Nelson, B., & Cronin, K. (2014: 2024 – Essay Writing Service. Custom Essay Services Cheap). Integrating social workers into medical–legal partnerships: Comprehensive problem solving for patients. Social Work, 57(4), 333–341.
English, A., & Ford, C. A. (2004). The HIPAA privacy rule and adolescents: Legal questions and clinical challenges. Retrieved from http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3608004.html
National Association of Social Workers. (2001). What social workers should know about the HIPAA privacy regulations. Retrieved from http://www.socialworkers.org/practice/behavioral_health/mbh0101.asp
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (2014: 2024 – Essay Writing Service. Custom Essay Services Cheap–2013). Welcome to the HIPAA, privacy & security training module. Retrieved from http://www.unc.edu/hipaa/Annual%20HIPAA%20Training%20current.pdf
Assignment
Post a brief description of a medical social worker’s responsibilities, under HIPAA guidelines, that apply to the case you selected. Write a page paper – Describe the rights of the person making the inquiry, and explain how you as a medical social worker should respond. Then, describe the rights of the patient and the actions you might consider to safeguard your patient’s information. Briefly describe your professional responsibilities to protect your patient.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources and the current literature using appropriate APA format and style.
Chosen case study
You are a medical social worker in an outpatient clinic at a major teaching hospital. A woman shows up at the clinic who claims she is one of your patient’s sisters. She states, “I am here to find out whether my brother George has been coming to his appointments. I am very worried because he is so sick and does not seem to be getting better. All I want to do is help him.” She goes on to say, “I don’t think he’s taking his medication. Can you tell me what meds he should be taking?”
–
