A. State Regulations and Nursing Standards Nurses who are currently licensed to practice in the State of California are required to adhere to title 16‚ California Code of Regulations. Under the section of Standards of Competent Performance‚ part 6‚ a registered nurse “Acts as the client’s advocate‚ as circumstances require‚ by initiating action to improve health care or to change decisions or activities which are against the interests or wishes of the client‚ and by giving the client the opportunity
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many important acts. Two in particular acts are Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Children’s Internet Protection Act (2000). Both of these acts were implemented to protect humans from harmful content and healthcare information. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) was established in 1996. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services created HIPAA to protect healthcare information from being disclosed such as addresses‚ phone numbers‚ Social Security
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Administrative Ethics Paper Pamella Thomas HCS/335 September 23‚ 2012 Katherine Rossiter Administrative Ethics Paper A current administrative issue relating to topics such as patient privacy‚ confidentiality‚ or HIPAA is as follow. A specific issue that was in the news is the privacy rights as applied to the patients who use medical marijuana. This issue involves the information that medical marijuana is permissible in some states according to those state laws. This means that thousands
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With this change being made there will unfortunately be displacement of some of our residents. This paper will describe both the advantages and disadvantages of using different types of media for communication. It will also describe the effects of HIPAA on these types of communication. As the administrator I would be what some call the collaborator during this conflict/situation. As the collaborator I will try to meet the needs of both parties‚ see
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2006. World Privacy Forum. Retrieved from http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/pdf/wpf_medicalidtheft2006.pdf on April 24‚ 2012. Foreman‚ Judy (26 June 2006). "At Risk of Exposure”. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 23 ‚ 2012. Gellman‚ R. Fact Sheet 8a: HIPAA Basics: Medical Privacy in the Electronic Age. Privacy Clearing House. March‚ 2012. Retrieved April 19‚ 2012 from http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs8a-hipaa.htm. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996‚ 42 U.S.C. § 1320d-9 (2010)
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Current Components and Implications of HIPAA. • Current and Future Trends for Statutory‚ Regulatory‚ and Common Law Requirements of Confidentiality. • Current and Future Legal and Ethical Obligations of State & Federal Statutory Enactments State Statutory Enactments: Consent Confidentiality Informed Consent Implied Consent Federal Statutory Enactments: Medical Patient Rights Act Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
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Office of Civil Rights. Health care providers must take care to protect the privacy of their patients at all times. HIPAA regulations provide a guideline to help protect not only the patient‚ but also employees‚ from divulgence of their personal information to non-involved third parties. Providers of health care should be acquainted with the rules and regulations that guide HIPAA and the subsequent violations. Information is necessary to provide adequate and correct patient care. The guidelines
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Project Management Plan CPMGT 301 James Wood December 08‚ 2014 Project Management Plan Training for new HIPAA policies and procedures requires that a project manager organize and communicate the project to ensure everyone involved can work together to accomplish the end goal‚ which is ensuring all staff of the medical association are successfully trained. There are several parties that will need specific communication and the techniques used to communicate will vary. The parties involved
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involved in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. The first positive is privacy; this act limits a health care provider or insurer to only disclose the minimum necessary information to complete a transaction or medical request. In turn the negative directly affected by this new privacy law is the expense‚ from legal advice to decipher the confusing terminology of the bill to software compatible with HIPAA. Another con is that now health care providers‚ insurance providers
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the ventilator. We will discuss things the Patients brother Mr. Y should consider before agreeing to allow Dr. K to place the Patient Mr. E on the ventilator‚ and facts that affect the Patients Advance Directive. We will discuss violations of HIPAA seen in this Case Study. We will discuss the conduct of the Nurses in this case study. We will discuss the steps the professional Nurse should take based on the ANA code of ethics. Collaboration is not just cooperation‚ it is the combined efforts
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