Reference no: EM133706913
Assignment:
1. Provide a couple of examples of jobs for which random drug testing might be allowable. Why might these be legitimate uses of random drug testing?
2. You are eating lunch at a restaurant with many other patrons nearby. Your best friend starts discussing a patient case that involves medical coverage and eligibility concerns. They are talking about confidential Personal Health Information, what should you do?
3. As a recent FGCU graduate you are working in an oncology unit. Yesterday, you answered a phone call about a patient, you had just seen, a woman with terminal liver cancer. Identifying himself as her husband, the caller ask how she (the patient) was responding to treatment and when she would be transferred to hospice care. You told the caller what you knew: The patient was not responding well, and she wished to receive hospice care at home as soon as your office could arrange it. Later that day, you told the patient her husband had called. She looked aghast and told you she was not married. She said she had broken up with a very abusive boyfriend several months ago and had not wanted him to know anything about her situation. What should you do?
4. You are leaving your clinical unit when someone stops you in the hallway to ask if you know what room a patient is in. You have this information because you were just in that room with your preceptor. What should you do?
5. A patient is admitted to the ER in respiratory distress. They are quickly intubated and given sedative agents. Their daughter arrives in the Emergency Room three hours later and is demanding information about the patient's current condition. You overheard the patient this morning, before they were given the sedatives, they did not want information shared with anyone in their family. What should you do?
6. It is your last day at your pediatric clinical site, and you are saying goodbye to all of your favorite patients. You take a picture on your phone with a few of the patients posing together and later post it to your private social media accounts as an illustration of your last day at your pediatric clinical site. Since your social media pages are private and can only be accessed by those you allow, are you in violation of HIPAA regulations? Why or why not?