Four ways that a medical assisstant can protect patient confidentiality?

Answer 1

* Don't announce the patient's full name and any health information where it can be overheard. * Confine conferences to secured places. * Carry charts and printed material in a manner where the name is not clearly visible to others. * Secure charts and medical records in the proper receptical -- don't leave them lying around. * Destroy any notes with a patient's name on them that you've made and aren't part of the medical record (a post-it with the patient's name and phone number on it for instance). * Dispose of all PHI in the proper manner, which will usually require shredding or securing garbage in a locked area prior to destruction. * Don't carry PHI offsite with you unless your job requires it. * Don't discuss PHI with anyone not invovled in Treatment, Payment or Operations (TPO as defined within HIPAA).