Reference no: EM133603684

Assignment:

This is about how technology faciliates healthcare workers to put at risk patient information. This focus on a scenario where a case manager has exposed on her social media pictures of a celebrity that was hospitalized. Now this pics are all over Gossip Gazette. The case manager did used her work phone to take the pics and now the hospital is requesting to search the company phone since legal actions will take into effect against the hospital.

Questions:

Give a scenerio in healthcare related to this scene (doesnt need to be exactly the same like ex: a nurse publishing pics of someone famous) etc. and . Choose one of the following outcomes for the end of the scenario:

• A HIPAA violation occurs, and client data is exposed to the media.
• A medication error has harmed a client.
• A technology downtime that impacts patient care occurs, and an error is made.
• A ransomware attack has occurred, and the organization must contemplate paying the ransom or lose access to patient data.

Then answer the following questions about healthcare in general not based on the story made up. (short answers please)

1. Identify client privacy and HIPPA standards as they relate to technology nursing care.

2. Review healthcare regulations as they relate to impact on technology in nursing care.

3. Describe legal guideline on the appropriate use of technology.