2. Celebrity Records
What not to do:
• Look at medical records
• Release personal
information to anyone
• Tell fiends or family a
celebrity is at the hospital
• When in doubt ask a
supervisor
What to do:
• Let a supervisor know if
someone is looking at
records
• If confronted by someone
to release information
report to a supervisor
• If asked by friends or family
explain you cannot discuss
patients
3. Patient Confidentiality
• When a person is a patient he or she receives the same care
and consideration whether a celebrity or not
• Only the medical staff dealing with the patient needs to know
any medical information
• You cannot look up a patients records without reason to do so
• It is your job to provide professional care to each patient
4. Why Provide Patient Confidentiality
Not following patient
confidentiality
• Employees who do not
uphold the law will be
terminated and prosecuted
• The health care organization
receives a bad name from
the public
• People will not trust the
organization respects
patient confidentiality
Following patient confidentiality
• Employees are seen as
professional law abiding
people
• Employees are following
laws and organizational
policy
• People will trust the
organization stands true to
patient confidentiality
5. One Job
• As health care workers one must uphold all laws, regulations,
and policies
• The patients health and well-being are number one
• Patients are patients regardless of celebrity status
• Each patient deserves to be treated with respect and dignity
