Digital Ethics In Practice Management: A Heart-Centered Approach
Educational Objectives
- Take necessary legal (e.g. HIPAA and others) and ethical precautions to use modern payment systems, including credit cards and online payments, in private practice
- Communicate with clients using electronic tools in a manner that is compliant with legal and ethical standards, including HIPAA
- Ethically and safely make use of the clinician’s website as a resource for clients
- Describe the risks to confidentiality and potential clinician liability in maintaining a “paperless” office
Ethics/Legal Documents Cited
- 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)
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