Educational Objectives
- Describe how to maintain a website that meets ethical and legal requirements and reasonably adheres to professional guidelines
- 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
- Describe the confidentiality and law-related concerns around telehealth tools, and how to find tools that fit clinician and client needs
- Communicate with clients using electronic tools in a manner that is compliant with legal and ethical standards, including HIPAA
- Professionally and ethically navigate the handling of negative online reviews and the use of positive ones
- Describe Meaningful Use and the role of mental health clinicians in the national adoption of Electronic Health Records
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)