Concerns: Community/ provider attitudes Understanding Substance Abuse: “Substance abuse refers to a set of related conditions that are associated with consumption of mind-behavior-altering drugs‚ which have negative behavioral and health concerns” HHS (2010). Social and community attitudes towards consumption of illicit drugs make substance abuse a complex issue with public health. In addition‚ substance abuse has been a flash-point within the criminal justice system with a major focal point on social
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consequences. For instance‚ St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (SEMC) is a tertiary care hospital located in Brighton‚ Massachusetts that offers both inpatient and outpatient services. On November 16‚ 2012‚ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) received notification that SEMC used an internet-based document sharing application to store documents containing electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 498 patients without having analyzed the risks associated
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Personality Theory Andrea Simpson HHS 310 H & HS Culture: The Helping Relationship Instructor: Patricia Knight June 18‚ 2012 Personality Theory The theory that I chose‚ that best suits my personality‚ is the Humanistic Holistic Theory. This theory emphasizes “on engaging the whole person and focusing on the future rather than the past” (Brill & Levine‚ 2005‚ p.58). This theory best suits my personality‚ because it shows that a person can change. A person’s personality is not based
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doctors‚ and employers who sponsor self-insured health plans ("Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Of 1996 (HIPAA)"‚ 2011). HIPAA is enforced by the Department of Health and Human Services. There are two sets of regulations issued by the HHS; Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information‚ the ‘privacy rule’ and the Security Standards for Individually Identifiable Health Information‚ the ‘security rule.’ The privacy rule requires entities to implement policies and
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released new rules in January 2013‚ which will help protect the public’s privacy and increase their control of their personal healthcare information. “Much has changed in health care since HIPAA was enacted over fifteen years ago‚” said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. “The new rule will help protect patient privacy and safeguard patients’ health information in an ever expanding digital age. (HHS Website).” Some of the changes announced will
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Health services and system matrix Catherine Vien HCS/212 March 18.2015 Carol Coakley Hall Health Services and Systems Matrix Choose at least seven services or systems from the following list: Hospice care World Health Organization (WHO) Public health Rehabilitation center Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Medicare Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Disease Control (CDC) Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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both human and animal studies which indicate there is an emotional benefit from exercise‚ (HHS‚ 2011). Researchers from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have been looking closely at psychological processes and disorders in relation to neural circuitry‚ attempting to denote the physiological origins of emotive resilience which occurred in rats which had opportunities for exercise and exploration (HHS‚ 2011). Research has revealed that there is a possible link in the reduction of neurogenesis
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extremely serious violation. The failure to comply with HIPAA can result in civil and criminal penalties. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has a choice in determining the amount of the penalty based on the nature and extent of the violation and the nature and extent of the harm done from the violation. The HHS is still forbidden from imposing civil penalties‚ except in cases of willful neglect. In the case of criminal penalties‚ in June 2005‚ the U.S. Department of Justice
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2010‚ much of the island’s population was killed‚ leaving only 200. It is now 80 years later and the population on Jan Mayen Island has reached 500. In the current population‚ 20 people are homozygous recessive for hemophilia C‚ which is autosomal (hh genotype). q2 – 20/500 = 0.04 q – 0.04 = 0.2 p – 1- 0.2 = 0.8 p2 – = 0.64 2pq –2 x (0.8) x
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Module 01 Lab Worksheet: General Review Introduction This week’s lab will focus on reviewing the concepts of anatomical terminology‚ metric conversion and genetics‚ specifically the concept of dominant and recessive alleles in a human pedigree. Objectives Objectives for this week’s lab include: 1) Review anatomical terminology‚ 2) Demonstrate metric conversion knowledge‚ and 3) Review the concepts of genetic inheritance and demonstrate knowledge of the inheritance patterns of dominant and recessive
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