Patient Privacy Issues, Ethics, and HIPAA Requirements

In the fourth part of our Company Representative Credentialing Series, we cover all the aspects of patient privacy that a company representative needs to know. First, patient privacy and patient rights are defined, and you are given the steps to follow that will protect the patient. The law defending patient rights to privacy are explained. Finally appropriate privacy ethics for the operating room areexplored.

This course expires on March 31, 2012.

The approval number for this course is: #02410.

• Illustrate issues regarding patient privacy in the hospital setting
• Examine law applicable to patient privacy
• Outline ethics appropriate in the operating room department

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Tennessee Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.