Find a current administrative issue in a newspaper‚ magazine‚ or journal article relating to topics such as patient privacy‚ confidentiality‚ or HIPAA. Write a 1‚050 word paper that includes the following: •Describe the issue and its impact on the population it affects most. •What arguments or facts are used in the article to support the proposed solution? •What are the ethical and legal issues reported for your administrative issue? •Explain the managerial responsibilities related
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Healthcare quality and safety requires that the right information be available at the right time to support patient care and health system management decisions. Data breaches in healthcare have become common within the last few years which is a violation of the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 and patient privacy. Data security is a major concern pertaining to consumers choosing a health care organization to fit their needs. Care providers and insurance companies face the increased
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profession‚ there is an increasing trend to use personal devices instead of the ones provided through the workplace. Medical professionals must take active steps for protect a patient’s ePHIs‚ or be found in violation of HIPAA rules and regulations. Possible cell phone/tablet HIPAA violations In an article‚ Catherine Barrett describes
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patient on 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
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Marissa Sober Essay #1 Opinion HIPAA As time goes on and technology advances a person’s privacy is at risk not only financially‚ but‚ medically as well. HIPAA was set into place to protect patients and their rights to keep their information private and safe. In recent years HIPAA has been making an attempt to make changes to better the system and help protect the patient’s privacy more adequately. Although the government sees these changes as helpful they may not be as helpful to the patient
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Group A Education Seminar Project Unit 8 HS410-01 Organization & Management for Health Care Professor Lisa Giarda May 14‚ 2013 HIPAA: Confidentiality Related to Medical Records The purpose of this seminar is to provide healthcare professionals with information about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPAA created the privacy and security rule for the confidentiality of protected health information (PHI). Since the implementation‚ the protection of PHI continues
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996‚ otherwise known as HIPAA‚ is a public law 104-191. It included provisions that required Health & Human Services‚ or HHS‚ to adopt national standards for electronic health care transactions and code sets‚ unique health identifiers‚ and security. HHS published a final Privacy Rule in December 2000‚ which later was modified in August 2002. This rule set national standards for the protection of individually identifiable health information
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Under the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule‚ 45 CFR §§ 164.400-414‚ organizations are required to give notice to the following entities: (1) the person(s) affected by the breach (2) the media to spread the word about the data breach (3) the secretary and (4) all business associates ("U.S. Department Of Health & Human Services"‚ 2014). Analysis In this case‚ Advocate Medical Group has violated both the privacy and security requirements of HIPAA. HIPAA has privacy requirements that
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Accountability Act (HIPAA) is all about help people to understand the implications of HIV and AIDS from the perspective of HIPPA confidentiality. In 1996 it was Congress that enacted HIPAA to prevent patient’s personal health information from being used by people who was not given permission or allowed too. HIPAA restriction was given permission to be allowed on medical records and the way information is handled and which party has access to the information. HIPAA operates in four different
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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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