BREACH OF PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION (PHI) # 1

QUESTION 2 of 26 What should the nurse do to protect and maintain PHI if a breach is suspected? Enter your response The nurse must report this infraction to the organization's compliance officer with a short summary. The description should contain the breach date and discovery. FEEDBACK The nurse needs to report this violation to the compliance officer in the organization and provide a brief de- scription of the violation. The description should include the date and discovery of the breach. QUESTION 3 of 26 What steps can health care facilities take to address and prevent potential breaches of this type? Enter your response 1. The compliance officer will investigate and notify PHI breaches. 2. Retrain involved personnel on HIPAA privacy, security, and social media regulations. 2 \W/ark and nan-wwnrk cacial media nalicies chniild he in nlace FEEDBACK 1. The compliance officer will investigate whether a PHI breach has occurred and ensure appropriate notification. 2. Involved employees should be re-trained on the organization’s HIPAA privacy, HIPAA security, and so- cial media policies or procedures. 3. A social media policy should be in place for both working and non-working hours. 4. There should be yearly mandated educational programs in the workplace on HIPAA and the social me- dia policy. 5. The organization could create a widely distributed staff update reminding employees of HIPAA regula- tions and social media policies.