Abstract
Article: Health Care Students Who Frequently Use Facebook Are Unaware of the Risks for Violating HIPAA Standards: A Pilot Study
Authors: Jennifer E. Bagley, MPH, RDMS, RVT, Dora DiGiacinto, MEd, RDMS, RDCS, Jaclyn Lawyer, BSMIRS, RDCS, Michael P. Anderson, PhD
Category: Focus on Issues
Credit: 1.0 SDMS CME Credit
Objectives: After studying the article entitled “Health Care Students Who Frequently Use Facebook Are Unaware of the Risks for Violating HIPAA Standards: A Pilot Study,” you will be able to:
More clearly identify what constitutes a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violation when interacting on social media sites
Determine what might constitute protected health information in certain circumstances
Determine the appropriateness of posting work-related photographs online
The most frequent users posting comments on Facebook tend to be Younger men Younger women Older men Older women
The network of the social media site Facebook currently includes approximately how many people? 10 million 100 million 1 billion 10 billion
Approximately what percentage of students in the survey indicated their workplace in online posting? 40% 50% 60% 70%
The group of students most likely to feel it is not a HIPAA violation to post a photograph of a patient that contains no identifying information on Facebook: The frequent user The infrequent user There is no difference between groups Both groups indicated uniformly it would be a HIPAA violation
The study by MacDonald et al in New Zealand found that approximately what percentage of photographs posted on Facebook by newly graduated physicians could be considered unprofessional? 20% 30% 40% 50%
In US medical schools, surveys have shown that approximately what percentage of students had posted unprofessional content online? 40% 50% 60% 70%
The university setting in which the survey was conducted provided HIPAA training to students Twice a year Annually Every two years Never
Overall in the survey, approximately what percentage of all students did not correctly identify the two HIPAA violation scenarios correctly as violations? 15% to 20% 20% to 25% 25% to 30% 30% to 35%
In medical training, the further one advances in school, the active use of social media sites such as Facebook Increases Stays the same Decreases Becomes zero percent during a residency program
A current recommendation for healthcare professionals interacting on a social media site is Only post general (nonidentifying) patient-related comments Only post medical details of the case Never post photographs containing patients Never post anything online related to their work
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