Accountability Act (HIPAA)‚ which among other things offers protection for personal health information‚ including electronic medical records.” (Webdictionary; 2012) HIPAA requirements and security rules give patients more control over their health information; set limits on the use and release of their medical records‚ and establishes a series of privacy standards for health care providers which provide penalties for those who do not follow these standards. HIPAA requirements grants patients several key
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assignment looks at a legal and ethical issue in the healthcare setting. It will focus on the principle of confidentiality and how it relates to healthcare. Maintaining confidentiality is one of the fundamental components every health care professional must respect. It is both a legal and ethical responsibility of a health professional to understand the importance of maintaining client confidentiality. Learning to establish a balance between maintaining personal protection and administering efficient health
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From the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) perspective on HIPAA‚ contemplate the three basic areas which HIT professionals must be most concerned with are: (1) Privacy Rules (2) Security Rules‚ and (3) Standardized transaction code sets | Write a paragraph on each of the 3 critical areas of HIPAA for a training session of your staff. Explain what they are‚ why they are important and how they impact staff duties and the organization. | HIPAA Rules (1) Privacy Rules: involves federal protection
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What is The Morality behind Patient Confidentiality? Name: Course: Tutor: Date: What is The Morality behind Patient Confidentiality? Introduction Patient confidentiality is one of the pillars of modern medical profession. It implies that the medical practitioner is under the obligation to keep his patient’s medical profile confidential. The main reason is to help the patient maintain his privacy. However‚ there have been numerous cases
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HIPAA HELPS KAPLAN UNIVERSITY ANGELA MCCONNELL HIPAA HELPS HIPAA came into place “to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system‚ the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)‚ Public Law 104-191‚ included Administrative Simplification provisions that required HHS to adopt national standards for electronic health care transactions and code sets‚ unique health identifiers‚ and security.” (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) Then
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I will be writing about why obtaining doctor and patient confidentiality is very crucial to a certain extent by using the article “Protect Doctor-Patient Confidentiality” by Sandeep Jauhar in the New York Times. While addressing this topic‚ I will use it to persuade my audience‚ doctors‚ that the trust between doctors and their patients is needed for not only the patient’s health but also the patient’s trust. I will be imitating Virginia Woolf‚ the author of “Shakespeare’s Sister”‚ by using different
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Patient Confidentiality in the Emergency Department Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility HCS 335 June 23‚ 2013 Patient Confidentiality in the Emergency Department Confidentiality and privacy are words used interchangeably in the medical world when they have very different meanings. Confidentiality is in line with protection of patient information from unauthorized users and privacy is in line with protection of the patient’s physical body from unauthorized users. In the emergency
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of 1996 (HIPAA)‚ was implemented by the Congress in order to improve access to health insurance‚ to promote standardization and efficiency in the healthcare industry‚ and to offer nationally standardized protections for individual health information The HIPAA Privacy Rule The HIPAA Privacy Rule was created so that the patients’ health information is protected and released only with the patients’ authorization. The protected health information is information which identifies a patient‚ or can be
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HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. In 1996 the US Congress authorized this to regulate the disclosure of a person’s health information. Privacy Rule defines how covered entities use individually-recognizable health information or the PHI (Personal Health Information). Covered entities’ is a term often used in HIPAA-compliant guidelines. A covered entity can be a provider or insurance company. HIPAA laws are designed to simplify administrative side of the healthcare
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Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. The HIPAA act is a law that was enacted by The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the Privacy Rule to implement the requirement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996‚ to keep the welfare of people’s health insurance and health care information confidential and private. In the case of an Indiana woman versus a Walgreen Pharmacist‚ the Pharmacist violated the HIPAA act. The Indiana Superior Court awarded
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