Ethics - Privacy and Confidentiality in the Healthcare Setting—Are they Possible in the Era of Tablets, Texts, and Tweets?

Pittsburgh, PA US
October 24, 2023

During this session, we will explore the concepts of privacy and confidentiality within the clinical setting and explore the challenges to protecting patient privacy as well as potential exceptions to the obligation to keep patient information confidential within the healthcare setting.

Target Audience

ISD Clinical Staff

Learning Objectives

RN & SW Learning Objectives:  

  1. Describe the concepts of privacy and confidentiality in the clinical context.
  2. Identify potential exceptions to keeping patient information confidential.
  3. Assess challenges to protecting privacy and confidentiality in a healthcare setting.

 

Pharmacy Learning Objectives:

  1. Summarize the application of privacy and confidentiality with direct patient outreach and provider coordination of care .
  2. Identify potential exceptions to keeping patient information confidential.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
    The UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
09/07/2023
Course expires: 
11/24/2023
Event starts: 
10/24/2023 - 10:00am EDT
Event ends: 
10/24/2023 - 11:00am EDT
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Program begins at 10:00am and ends at 11:00am.  Total Education Time = 1 Hour(s)

TIME

CONTENT

PRESENTER

10:00 am – 10:20 am

Discussion of the concepts of privacy and confidentiality in a clinical context.

Amy VanDyke, MSW, LSW, Ph.D

10:20 am – 10:40 am

Identification of potential exceptions of patient confidentiality.

Amy VanDyke, MSW, LSW, Ph.D

10:40 am – 11:00 am

Assessment of challenges of protecting privacy and confidentiality in a healthcare setting.

Amy VanDyke, MSW, LSW, Ph.D

UPMC Health Plan
600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
United States

 

Amy VanDyke, MSW, LSW, Ph.D.
Vice President of Programs for Catholic Social Services in Columbus, Ohio

Amy VanDyke, MSW, LSW, Ph.D. serves as the Vice President of Programs for Catholic Social Services in Columbus, Ohio—focusing on ethics and justice issues in the care for the poor and vulnerable. Dr. VanDyke also serves as a member of a national workgroup developing ethics education and consultation services for 163 Catholic Charities Organizations across the United States.

Formerly the System Ethicist for Mount Carmel Health System, also in Columbus Ohio, Dr. VanDyke was responsible for the development and implementation of all ethics services and programs for the multiple hospital system.  Dr. VanDyke was also previously employed by Kaiser-Permanente as the Director of Bioethics in the West Los Angeles Region of Southern California and as the Consulting Ethicist at UPMC Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh. 

Dr. VanDyke earned her PhD in healthcare ethics from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and her Master's degree and undergraduate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.  Dr. VanDyke is a member of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH), National Association of Social Workers (NASW), and the European Society on the Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care (ESPMH).

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Pharmacy (CPE)

This knowledge-based activity provides 1 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit(s).   Pharmacists Only: As required by the ACPE, credits will be uploaded to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP). It is the responsibility of the pharmacist/pharmacy technician to provide the correct NABP Board ID and DOB in their UPMC continuing education account, http://cce.upmc.com   and complete the evaluation by the required due date. Credit will not be uploaded to the NABP if the process is not complete by the required due date.

 

Nursing (CNE)

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1 contact hour(s).

This activity is eligible for endorsed credit for UPMC Health Plan EMTs and Paramedics.  Complete ETHOS course work, obtain the attendance certificate, and submit to EMS governing body for 1 CE credit(s).

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1 continuing education credit(s).

CCM CE is not available for this course.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

NOTE:  Paramedic/EMT CE is approved for any activity in which ANCC (nursing CE) is approved.  This is per Heather Bogdon and Christie Hempfling

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy
    The UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
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