Importance of Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Safeguard Sensitive Electronic Health Information.

Interdisciplinary collaboration needs to protect sensitive electronic health information since they provide specialist knowledge and skills used to address complex healthcare challenges. Sharing confidential electronic information is essential in the sense that it contributes to the delivery of team-based healthcare and enhances health outcomes (Koch, 2016, p.6). It also facilitates the effective delivery of healthcare and improves health outcomes and promote teamwork. It encourages cooperation and collaboration among the team members in sharing crucial information required for making critical healthcare decisions (Koch, 2016, p. 9).

Appropriate Social Media Use in Healthcare

With the upsurge in the use of social media, users must be careful about the things they post. Interprofessional team members must understand that once they post anything, it is hard to take away (Koch, 2016, p.5). The best option is to completely avoid posting about patients, coworkers or identifying your employer in social media. For instance, three nurses working in an assisted living facility were fired in Arizona for uploading a video of a resident on Snap Chat. Taking and posting photos on social media is irresponsible and can create problems both to the employer through fines and may result in the employee being terminated. In another case, a nurse in New York was forced to surrender her nursing license after taking a photo of a penis of an unconscious patient and sharing it with colleagues. She also faced felony charges (De Gagne et al., 2018)

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