Digital Confidentiality According to Professional Ethics and HIPAA: A Heart-Centered Approach Level II

Educational Objectives

• Incorporate client behaviors and beliefs around security/privacy into assessment and treatment.
• Conduct a HIPAA-compliant risk analysis and create a risk management plan
• Describe what is needed to secure data storage and mobile devices to HIPAA-compliant levels

Ethics/Legal Documents Cited

• ACA Code of Ethics (2005)
• APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (2002)
• NASW Code of Ethics (2008)
• HIPAA Administrative Simplification (2006)
• NASW and ASWB Standards for Technology and Social Work Practice (2005)
• NBCC Policy Regarding The Provision of Distance Professional Services (2012)
• APA Guidelines For the Practice of Telepsychology (2013)