Privacy vs. Isolation: the Challenge of Hospital Design

Privacy vs. Isolation: the Challenge of Hospital Design is a webinar presentation discussing the role of healthcare design in patient privacy and care delivery.

Although patient privacy has become synonymous with HIPAA regulations, the legislation has no reference to privacy. Rather, the ambiguous and compliance-driven Privacy Rule of 2003 has become the controlling gorilla of healthcare challenges. What role does healthcare design play in mediating the patient's right to privacy? How do the direct need for nurses and physicians to monitor, care, and thoroughly observe the patient conflict with the patient's need for privacy? These questions continue to plague health care organizations.

This webinar will provide an overview of the historical and current definitions of patient privacy, strategies for assessing privacy practices both in terms of risks and effectiveness, legal compliance regarding HIPAA requirements, and methods for improving patient and staff privacy by design.

About the Speaker:

Susan E. Mazer
President/CEO Healing Healthcare Systems
700 Smithridge Dr. Suite A102
Reno, NV 89502
1-800-348-0799

smazer@healinghealth.com
http://www.healinghealth.com

Susan Mazer is acknowledged as a pioneer in the use of music as environmental design. Ms. Mazer is the President and CEO of Healing HealthCare Systems, which produces The C.A.R.E. Channel, the only 24-hour evidence-based relaxation programming for patient television. Her work in patient privacy issues began in health care in regards to hospital noise and its relationship to speech privacy. She has spoken at the HIPAA Summit and Privacy Symposium, and has presented white papers for the Institute of Noise Control Engineers and the Acoustic Society of America. She has conducted various webinars on the topic of privacy for healthcare executives, human resources, and corporate counsels. Ms. Mazer has authored and facilitated educational training for nurses and physicians and is well published in the field regarding the effects of noise on patients. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Susan Mazer graduated from Wayne State University and was awarded a graduate fellowship to Stanford University, where she completed her Master of Arts degree in Musicology. She recently completed her second Master of Arts degree in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University where she is pursuing her doctorate. For more information: http://healinghealth.com/hhs/site/page/susan_mazer