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Protected Health Information (PHI): Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality Best Practices
Student Name
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Capella University
NURS-FPX4040: Management Health Information and Technology
Instructor
February 09, 2023
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Protected Health Information (PHI): Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality Best Practices
As healthcare providers, it is very important to assure patients of protected health
information and security of their health data. It is important to have and implement the best
social media practices such as privacy. In order to do so, it is important to understand the
meaning of Protected Health Information (PHI). First, Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) established rules that protect the PHI including privacy, security
and confidentiality rules.
PHI: This is any kind of information that can be able to identify one or an individual such as
one’s medical records and history of payment among others (Moore & Frye, 2019).
Privacy and confidentiality: The privacy rule obligates the authorized individual that uses PHI to
maintain such information as secret. It helps regulate the utilization and disclosure of PHI
(Moore & Frye, 2019). PHI should remain private and confidential.
Security: This entails the procedures developed for prevention of unauthorized individuals from
accessing one’s PHI. It requires facilities and professionals to implement the physical safeguards,
technical safeguards and administrative safeguards in order to protect PHI’s privacy (Moore &
Frye, 2019).
It is very important for the interdisciplinary team to collaborate in order to ensure that
these rules are implemented during practice and the patient protected. First, interprofessional
collaboration to safeguard the sensitive electronic health information helps protect the patients
and enhance their trust in the providers and facility. Securing the patient’s information and
privacy has been found to help structure relationship between the providers and the patients
(George & Bhila, 2019). The patients will trust that no provider can expose them on social media
and be more open to them and the care given. Second, the collaboration in safeguarding sensitive
Protected Health Information (PHI): Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality Best Practices
Student Name
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Capella University
NURS-FPX4040: Management Health Information and Technology
Instructor
February 09, 2023
, 2
Protected Health Information (PHI): Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality Best Practices
As healthcare providers, it is very important to assure patients of protected health
information and security of their health data. It is important to have and implement the best
social media practices such as privacy. In order to do so, it is important to understand the
meaning of Protected Health Information (PHI). First, Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) established rules that protect the PHI including privacy, security
and confidentiality rules.
PHI: This is any kind of information that can be able to identify one or an individual such as
one’s medical records and history of payment among others (Moore & Frye, 2019).
Privacy and confidentiality: The privacy rule obligates the authorized individual that uses PHI to
maintain such information as secret. It helps regulate the utilization and disclosure of PHI
(Moore & Frye, 2019). PHI should remain private and confidential.
Security: This entails the procedures developed for prevention of unauthorized individuals from
accessing one’s PHI. It requires facilities and professionals to implement the physical safeguards,
technical safeguards and administrative safeguards in order to protect PHI’s privacy (Moore &
Frye, 2019).
It is very important for the interdisciplinary team to collaborate in order to ensure that
these rules are implemented during practice and the patient protected. First, interprofessional
collaboration to safeguard the sensitive electronic health information helps protect the patients
and enhance their trust in the providers and facility. Securing the patient’s information and
privacy has been found to help structure relationship between the providers and the patients
(George & Bhila, 2019). The patients will trust that no provider can expose them on social media
and be more open to them and the care given. Second, the collaboration in safeguarding sensitive
