Identify privacy issues related to employee use of communication media.

Research might include incidents of privacy violations and professional use of

• social networking sites
• email (understanding the difference between personal and work-related usage; the need to establish a professional email address)
• voicemail (e.g., the need to establish a professional voicemail greeting)
• search engines.

Process/Skill Questions:

• What laws regulate the transmission of patient health information?
• What methods can be used to communicate information in a secure manner?
• Why does deleting information online not necessarily permanently delete it everywhere?
• What practices protect your online privacy?
• What are the hazards of using the same password or common passwords for all your accounts?
• Why should you keep a personal email account separate from a work email account?