Jennifer walks behind Sloan's desk and notices that she is looking at the progress notes on a patient who was recently arrested and indicted for child abuse. The case has been in the newspaper and on television consistently for several weeks. Jennifer asks Sloan why she has accessed that record. Sloan hesitates and then says she must have entered the wrong patient ID number.
? Does Sloan's explanation sound convincing?
? Why is Jennifer concerned about Sloan looking at the patient's record?
? Just because the individual is a patient at the clinic, does that mean any employee has the right to look at the patient's EMR?
Write a one-page, double-spaced paper answering the questions: Does Sloan’s explanation sound convincing? Why is Jennifer concerned about Sloan looking at a patient’s records? How would you deal with this as opposed to Jennifer, or would you do the same thing? Is any employee allowed to look at any chart, are you able to look at your own chart? What does Jennifer have to do now that she has caught Sloan reading the patient’s chart, what is her responsibilities now?