What administrative and physical factors can be addressed to reduce privacy risks to health information?

 

Privacy is defined as the state in which one is not observed or disturbed by other people. Talking of a health sector department information given by the client on issues related to his or her health should not be given to the third party who may interest in such information not unless the patient agreed. For privacy risk to be reduced certain factors should be put in place. Administrative and physical factors are examples of such factors and are discussed below.

Step-by-step explanation

Administrative factors.

·   Create thorough policies and confidentiality agreements.

A health facility can come up with rules and regulations containing an agreement of the client and those providing services to them. The rules should clearly indicate that the information given to the facility when being attended to should not move outside and organization.

·   Provision of regular training

Health facilities should go ahead and train nurses and doctors on their set down rules of client privacy. Each doctor should know all the rules and consequences that will happen to them when they go against their client's privacy, Example of a consequence can be being fired from an organization.

·   Make sure all information is stored in a secure system.

A medical facility should make good use of advanced technology by purchasing computers and the installation of Wi-Fi, this will help keep client privacy because they are more secured than recording them in a book.

Physical factors.

When a doctor or a nurse is attending to a client he should not have any phone with him because he may save the voice notes and share them with a third party.

·   Construction of a consultation room.

Every hospital should a separate room far away from offices and do not allow unauthorized entry .this will provide a conducive environment for a patient to share his problem willingly and no person can access the rooms this will improve the privacy of his information.

The patient should be attended to by well-equipped personnel who know how to create a favorable environment to allow the patient to engage in free conversation and the information stored in a good place.