Description
Dr. Sharp and Roy Huggins talk all about privacy, digital ethics, record-keeping, cell phones, personal computers, and how to stay out of trouble. A few of the specifics from the interview include:
- What is HIPAA?
- What are the components of digital ethics?
- How does privacy differ from security?
- How do these concepts overlap with or deviate from our ethical standards?
- What are the major mistakes many of us make in the realm of digital ethics?
Target audience: Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, social workers, addiction counselors, nurses.
This CE program is designated as intermediate.
Content Category: Ethics
There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support.
Format: Asynchronous, distance learning. Non-interactive. Recorded audio/video with transcript.
This interview was published in February of 2019.
Author Bio
Roy Huggins, LPC NCC, is a counselor in private practice who also directs Person-Centered Tech. Roy worked as a professional Web developer for 7 years before changing paths, and makes it his mission to grow clinicians’ understanding of the Internet and other electronic communications mediums for the future of our practices and our professions.
Roy is an adjunct instructor at the Portland State University Counseling program where he teaches Ethics, and is a member of the Zur Institute advisory board. He has acted as a subject matter expert on HIPAA, security and clinical use of technology for Counseling licensure boards and both state and national mental health professional organizations. He has co-authored or authored 2 book chapters, and he routinely consults with mental health colleagues on ethical and practical issues surrounding tech in clinical practice. He served for 5 years on the board of the Oregon Mental Health Counselors Association and then the Oregon Counseling Association as the Technology Committee Chair.
Jeremy Sharp, is the Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice founded in 2009.
Dr. Sharp earned his undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting his Masters and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, he specializes in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents.
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Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course you should be able to:
- Describe what HIPAA does and does not cover
- List the components of digital ethics
- Compare privacy and security
- Discuss the major mistakes that are made in the realm of digital ethics
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