Gretchen MeMasters, RIIIA is the HIM director at Maple Heiphts Mermurtal hompital. Gretehed and has the lead position by virtue of her years of experience.

Gretchen's meeting with Cynthia tollay revolves around the findings of an isternal imvestigation, which showed that Cynthia inappropriately aceessed her neighbors' patient records. She had done this on multiple occasions. Cynthia had no rebutal, as stie had no reason beyond curiosity for looking at the records. Gretchen fires Cynthia for her breach of privacy. She tells ber wo elear out her desk and leave the hospital now. Gretchen platis to hold a staff meeting tomorrow to address privacy breaches.

In the wake of this change, recommend how Gretchen should handle tomorrow's meeting Propose aspects of privacy training that should be reviewed with the staff.

Refer to the previous scenario and assess Gretchen's handling of the lead coder's termination with a focus on how that interaction could have been handled in a more appropriate manner. Take into consideration aspects of risk management in your response.

Evaluate the ethical responsibility that Gretchen has in this situation.