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Running Head: SMART PHONES AND PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY 1 The Consequences of Smart Phone Use in the Modern Medical World Chamberlain College of Nursing 01/20/2016 Smart Phone Use in the Modern Med... ical World https://www.coursehero.com/file/16542840/NR-360-Informatics-Paper-Z/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.comSMART PHONES AND PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY 2 According to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), as of October 2015, over 120,000 potential Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations had been reported (HHS, 2015). Of those cases, almost 24,000 resulted in changes to privacy practices as well as almost 23 million dollars in damages to various parties. Numbers like these are not only astounding, but intolerable. Patient confidentiality must be safeguarded at all costs, and it is the duty of all medical professionals to honor their commitment to protecting their patients. This holds especially true for the profession of nursing, where the members are first and foremost a patient’s primary advocate. [Show More]

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