Question

Mrs. Belvedere, the office manager in Dr. Grain’s office, has online access to all electronic patient records from her computer at home. With Dr. Grain’s permission, she often uses her home e-mail to contact patients and insurance companies regarding treatment plans, insurance coverage, or financial records. Patients receive HIPAA information about confidentiality and security of their information, but are not told that Mrs. Belvedere has access to their records at her home. Hanna, who is a new dental hygienist in the office, inadvertently finds out that sensitive patient information is being sent out from the same home e-mail account that is used by both Mrs. Belvedere’s husband and her adult son. When Hanna approaches Dr. Grain about the potential breach in security of patient information, he seems unconcerned.”

Questions for Consideration

1. What dental hygiene core values are being compromised if Hanna decides not to follow through to try to change the situation?

Answer 1

If Hanna decides not to follow through and try to change the situation.It is a form of HIPAA violation of privacy and confidentiality. Doing so will lead to breach of confidentiality by the doctor and the office manager.For the dentiui st the core vales of societal trust is a concern because after knowing that something is wrong it is necessary to inform the concerned person in higher position to take actions and prevent any unnecessary consequences .Also the core value of confidentiality is also compromised here.