NR-512 Week 6 Discussion, HealthIT Hot Topic of the Week and Impact on Practice (Three Versions)

NR-512 Week 6 Discussion, HealthIT Hot Topic of the Week and Impact on Practice (Three Versions) What was the HealthIT Hot Topic you selected related to your specialty? Why did you select it? How will this impact your practice? A very important HealthIT topic related to nursing as well as to patient care delivery and patient experience is security controls and concerns for HIPPA violations when it comes to EHR. Information security and privacy provisions, such as strong anonymity and consent mechanisms, are imperative in maintain patient trust in record keeping practices (Papoutsi et al., 2015). Since EHRs are shared among different systems, this openness raises concerns about patient privacy due to the likelihood of unauthorized access or in appropriate security implementation (Rezaeibagha, 2015). Patients may choose to withhold information and delay seeking treatment, rather than revealing personal health information primarily when there is a lack of control in security practices (Papoutsi et al., 2015). Data security means protection of personal information against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss of such information and patients remain the right to handle the disclosure of their personal information (Rezaeibagha, 2015). This not only of great impact to healthcare, but also to nursing practice as technology continues to grow and expand exponentially. As future nurse practitioners, we will continue to be in charge of the safe handle and proper use of patient information that is gathered through the care provided to such patients. Patients should be ensured absolute piece of mind that their personal and health information will be utilized to improve and maximize their interventions and health outcomes and not for illicit practices. References Papoutsi, C., Reed, J. E., Marston, C., Lewis, R., Majeed, A., & Bell, D. (2015). Patient and public views about the security and privacy of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) in the UK: results from a mixed methods study. BMC Medical Informatics And Decision Making, 1586. doi:10.1186/s12911-015-0202-2 Rezaeibagha, F., Khin Than, W., & Susilo, W. (2015). A systematic literature review on security and privacy of electronic health record systems: technical perspectives. Health Information Management Journal, 44(3), 23-38. doi:10.12826/.2015.0001.