Electronic medical records ethics

For healthcare organizations to function at full capacity, all technological and healthcare systems must guarantee protection of patient privacy. Several safeguards are placed into practice to prevent intentional or accidental data breaches of patient information.

• What safeguards do you presently have in your professional practice to ensure protection of patient information?
• What safeguards are currently utilized at your healthcare organization to ensure privacy?
• What types of ethical concerns could an organization incur if a data breach were to occur?

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.