Question

Tell us what type of practice you'd like to work in when you graduate. Then list three potential privacy, security, confidentiality, or legal issues that could come up in that type of office and what could be done to prevent or fix those issues. 110 words

Answer 1

what type of practice you'd like to work in when you graduate

As a family nurse practitioner (FNP)

Normal duties of an FNP include diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, physical exams, diagnostic tests and prescribing medications.

Privacy

1. providing adequate level of privacy while treatment of patients in the office
2. Specify the"right of privacy" to every patient
3. Privacy in right to access their own health information

Security

1. Assure patient security by assesing the risk factors involved in treatment regimens
2. Security of health records
3. Need of regulatory guidelines for preservation of digitally saved information

Confidentiality

1. Confidentiality in saving the patient information
2. Professional obligation to keep the patient information confidential
3. Display the confidentiality policies in the office

Legal issues

1. Associated with errors in medication
2. Issues in privacy matters
3. Issues in prevention of misuse of patient's data

what could be done to prevent or fix those issues

​​​​​​​use of a centralised software that can handle and sort the data as per the policies of department of health care , it can certainly cut down issues associated with above addressed problems