This Competency Assessment assesses the following outcome(s):

HI135-4: Describe the regulations and requirements surrounding the release of information.

Instructions: The CEO of a healthcare facility has asked you to develop a diversity awareness training program for employees of the hospital as it pertains to the legal and ethical implications of health information.

You will create a PowerPoint presentation discussing the rights and obligations of the healthcare workforce regarding access and disclosure of health information and summarizing the issues related to managing the release of information. You will complete the PowerPoint by outlining thoroughly researched responses from this modules Reading to the following questions/topics:

Who owns the patients health record?
What are access and disclosure rights of competent and incompetent adults?
When are minors allowed to authorize the access or disclosure of their own health information?
How is sensitive information related to behavioral health, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, Adoption, STDs, and other communicable diseases and genetics protected from unauthorized access and disclosure?
What does the legal concept of duty to warn refer to and how does it relate to the issue of disclosure of patient information?
What must a healthcare provider do to ensure proper release of patient information?
Evaluate the possible assumptions, biases, and stereotypes that relate to disease conditions.
Minimum Submission Requirements

This Assessment should be a Microsoft Word (minimum 500 words) document, in addition to the title and reference pages.
Your paper must be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar and mechanics.
Your writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful.
A separate page at the end of your research paper should contain a list of references, in APA format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the internet for research.
Be sure to cite both in-text and reference list citations where appropriate and reference all sources.  Your sources and content should follow proper APA citation style. Review the APA formatting and citation style found in the Writing Center. The Writing Center can be found within the Academic Support Center under Academic Tools in the left navigation of your course. (It should include a cover sheet, paper is double spaced, in Times New Roman 12-point font, correct citations, Standard English with no spelling or punctuation errors, and correct references at the bottom of the last page.)
If work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned without being scored.