How HIPAA Affects Nursing Care

Paper Summary:

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was originally created to ensure the privacy of individuals and hold accountable all of those individuals and businesses that might acquire sensitive information in regards to medical and insurance records. This paper explains that since its creation, it has been determined that some changes needed to be made because there were loopholes in the HIPAA guidelines that could allow divulging of information that others were not privy to know. These issues are discussed in the paper.
Outline:
A. Introduction
1. What is HIPAA?
2. What is the Significance for Nursing
B. Review of Literature
1. How Did HIPAA Come About?
2. The Pros of HIPAA
3. The Cons of HIPAA
C. Conclusion
1. Literature Review Summary
2. Support for the Importance for Nursing
D. Recommendations
1. Thoughts Regarding HIPAA
2. Why it is Important for a Practice
3. What it Means for the Future of Patient Privacy

From the Paper:

"However, there are also some gray areas where a nurse is often not sure whether the information that is being handed out is acceptable, or whether the person that is asking for that information is authorized to have it. When these kinds of situations take place, confusion can arise and it can make it difficult for nurses to do their jobs properly without fear of retaliation either because they gave out too much information of because they did not give out enough information. HIPAA helps to avoid this problem by ensuring that everyone knows the guidelines for what is acceptable and not acceptable when it comes to handing out information, and therefore nurses must deal with the HIPAA rules and guidelines quite frequently when they perform their day-to-day duties."

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