Nursing: Privacy Act Breaches
Health Information and Privacy Code
Now that you've learned about the Health Information Privacy Code (HIPC), let's take a look at some breaches and consider the impacts. Read each of the scenarios below.
| Scenario_1 | A Fiji Indian student will be paid a five-figure sum by Health Waikato because she was disowned by her family when a nurse told a relative she had had an abortion. |
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| Scenario_2 | Medical practice mitigates future harm after data breach. |
| Scenario_3 | One data breach incident provided an example of how your responsibility to protect personal information in your care remains a duty until you securely dispose of that information. |
| Scenario_4 | A couple complained to our office after they found out that a medical centre receptionist had disclosed sensitive medical information about them. |
| Scenario_5 | Medical practice recycles paper with personal information on it |
For each scenario, answer the following questions:
- In three sentences, describe the situation.
- What were the issues in this situation?
- What privacy act principles did this situation breach?
- What could you do to help prevent this breach in the future?
- What message are you going to take home with you from this situation?