Educational Objectives
- Communicate with clients using electronic tools in a manner that is compliant with legal and ethical standards, including HIPAA
- Protect computers and mobile devices for ethical practice and HIPAA compliance
- Use cloud services to improve client care, practice efficacy, and HIPAA compliance
- Describe security standards like encryption and when we need them in clinical practice – legally, ethically and practically
- Incorporate clinician and client behaviors around security/privacy into clinical practice
- Conduct a HIPAA-compliant security risk analysis and create a security risk management plan
Ethics/Legal Documents Cited
- AAMFT Code of Ethics (2012)
- ACA Code of Ethics (2005)
- APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (2002)
- NASW Code of Ethics (2008)
- NBCC Code of Ethics (2012)
- HIPAA Administrative Simplification (2006)
- HITECH Act (2009)
- HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Rule (2013)