ASSIGNMENT 4.1

Discussion topic 5:

Research security practice and recovery implementation during U.S. disasters between 1970 to the present comparing risk assessment and risk management mistakes. Based on the literature, discuss how a business continuity plan can support secure data, communication flow, and confidentiality during a disaster.

Discussion topic 5a:

Discuss a public education plan that includes privacy, security, access to personal health record information, and data access expectations before, during, and after a disaster. Explain if any plan can assure no data loss to the public.

Discussion topic 6:

Complete a literature review to determine the ethical dilemmas and moral distress caused by the lack of confidentiality and billing compliance during the chaos of a disaster. Then, explain how to minimize the distress.

Discussion topic 6a:

Evaluate the role of the Informatics leader in overseeing clinical documentation and information systems during a disaster. Explain which is more important: risk assessment, risk management, or a business continuity plan to ensure data security and confidentiality.

Discussion topic 7:

Explain the role of the ethics committee in healthcare issues including disaster planning and why it is important to serve as a member of the committee.

Discussion topic 7a:

Evaluate the role of a Health Information administrator in clinical-informatics and ethical decision-making before, during, and after a disaster. Choose one clinical, informatics decision that is expected that would cause moral distress before, during, or after a disaster and explain how you would respond to mitigate the distress.

Discussion topic 8:

Explain how to use facts instead of emotions in ethical-decision making during the chaos of an unexpected disaster.

Discussion topic 8a:

Research the literature to evaluate the merits of several different ethical-legal decision-making models and discuss one that supports implementation of a public education plan about the most common ethical dilemma priorities that occur in informatics during disasters.

Discussion topic 9:

Complete a literature on the history of incivility in times of stress, fear, and chaos and discuss ethical and legal concepts that a leader can use to control negative public behaviors during a disaster.

Discussion topic 9a:

Explain how stress affects incivility and include principles of mitigation.