Health Information Privacy

Complete the National Institute for Health (NIH) privacy awareness course. Click the link on the lower left hand labeled Public Access to NIH Courses. Complete the following courses:    https://irtsectraining.nih.gov/publicUser.aspx

Entire Information Security Awareness Course
Privacy Awareness Course
Each course takes from 15-30 minutes.

Although you are not submitting the certificates, you ARE using the knowledge gained from taking the courses to answer the following discussion questions.

Based on your understanding from taking the privacy awareness course in the activity section, develop a scenario that meets the following criteria:

1. The scenario must include nursing and at least one other discipline (pharmacy, social services, etc.).

2. There should be an example of both correct and incorrect use of health information.

3. Provide a detailed explanation of the situation and what is right and wrong with the actions of the people involved related to health information privacy.

4.Describe the ramifications of inappropriate use of health information.

Your responses should consist of complete sentences and should be at least 1 paragraph but no more than 3 paragraphs.