What is HIPAA and minimal necessary use of the electronic health record? What are patient’s right to privacy and confidentiality? Discuss legal/ethical issues related to electronic health records.

Assignment Question

Review the learning resources for confidentiality and the EHR. Write at least a 2-3 page paper following the APA 7th edition guidelines which includes a title page, body of paper (2-3 pages), and a reference page that includes at least three (3) references. An abstract is not needed. The body of the paper (2-3 pages) should address the following questions (40 pts).

  1. What is HIPAA and minimal necessary use of the electronic health record? (5 pts)
  2. What are patient’s right to privacy and confidentiality? (5 pts)
  3. Discuss legal/ethical issues related to electronic health records (5pts)
  4. As a healthcare worker, how can you maintain privacy and confidentiality when using Electronic health records? (5 pts)
  5. Who owns the electronic health record? (5 pts)
  6. What is the impact of privacy, confidentiality, and security breaches for a person and the organization? (5pts)
  7. Use APA formatting of the paper (5 pts)
  8. Proper grammar, spelling, punctuation (5 pts)