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MSN6214 – Health Care Informatics and Technology

Unit 2 Discussion

DQ1 Information Use Case Study

For this discussion, review the Quality of Information Case Study video from this unit’s studies. Explain how you would approach each situation, as the head of the hospital nursing department.

Questions to consider include:

What does the law require you to do? What does your hospital policy require? Are these requirements congruent?

What is your responsibility to the patient? To the nurses? To the hospital?

What concrete steps will you take to address each situation? Is there more than one way to proceed? If so, why have you chosen your proposed course of action?

What training can you provide to ensure future compliance with confidentiality and privacy regulations?

Response Guidelines

Write your response from the perspective of the nursing department head of a hospital with similar policies regarding information use and security. As you contemplate your response, consider the following questions:

Does your fellow learner’s post reflect an understanding of the hospital and legal requirements?

Have they considered the impact their decision will have on patients, the administration, and the nursing department?

Have they justified their chosen course of action?

What recommendations would you offer, if approached for advice in these situations?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Identify applicable legal and ethical information security requirements.

Identify the information security safeguards inherent in a telehealth technology.

Identify the potential information security risks associated with a telehealth technology.

DQ2 Cyberattacks

What is the nurse leader’s role in ensuring there are adequate information security regulations and policies in place to guard against a cyberattack?

Consider the following questions:

What cybersecurity software does your organization use? Is this software up to date so as to offer sufficient guard the organization against a cyberattack?

In the event of a cyberattack, what is the responsibility to the patients? To the organization?

What training can be provided to ensure staff are not opening the organization up to a cyberattack?

Response Guidelines

Write your response from the perspective of the nursing department head of a hospital with similar policies regarding information use and security. As you contemplate your response, consider the following questions:

What can be done to safeguard health care organizations against cyberattacks?

Who is responsible for a breach in data security?

Do there need to be stiffer penalties for cyberattackers and organizations that do not guard against cyberattacks?

What is the responsibility to the patients whose data has been breached?

What recommendations would you offer if approached for advice in these situations?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

Determine whether a technology solution is appropriate.

Determine business needs.

Identify the information security safeguards inherent in a particular health technology.

Identify the potential information security risks associated with a particular health technology.

Identify applicable legal and ethical information security requirements.

Establish criteria for evaluating the technology.