HIPPA Privacy: How It Affects You!!! 08/08/2013 Medical Assistant Eilleen E. Ruidiaz What is HIPAA? Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 – a Federal Law * Portability * Administrative Simplification * Data Standardization * Security * Privacy Portability: Protects and guarantees health insurance coverage when an employee changes job Accountability: Protects health data integrity‚ confidentiality and availability Reduces Fraud and Abuse
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Patient satisfaction is critically important to the health care industry today due to the competitive nature of the field. Patients have many choices when it comes to seeking medical attention‚ and hospitals are dependent on return business to stay operational. Hospitals have traditionally utilized the semi-private room model in order to increase profitability. A semi-private room is a room shared by two patients. Each patient is given their own bed‚ but they usually share a single bathroom.
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Stanya Palmaro ITM 350 Dr. Knapp October 28‚ 2014 Risk Assessment: BYOD in Healthcare Organization Introduction: For the past couple of years‚ a policy that allows employees to bring their own personal devices to work has become progressively popular. This policy is known as BYOD‚ an acronym that stands for “bring your own device”. One of the main reasons for the growing usage of the policy is the increase in employee productivity as they are already familiar with the equipment they are using at
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sure that all the records are updated and completed at the right time. Additionally‚ the technology system at Featherfall should be aligned with the healthcare standards and regulations that have been put in place as industry standards such as the HIPAA. The employee training should also be conducted regularly to ensure that knowledge regarding the new technologies is obtained. The training will ensure all the policies‚ rules and regulations concerning the use of data are known and are adhered to
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The Future of HIPAA in the Cloud A white paper by Frank Pasquale and Tara Adams Ragone June 30‚ 2013 The Future of HIPAA in the Cloud Abstract This white paper examines how cloud computing generates new privacy challenges for both healthcare providers and patients‚ and how American health privacy laws may be interpreted or amended to address these challenges. Given the current implementation of Meaningful Use rules for health information technology and the Omnibus HIPAA Rule in health
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Ethical-Legal Considerations Identify the ethical/legal violation(s) involved in each of the following scenarios. Provide a rationale for your answer. Scenario 1 A nursing home resident continues to wander into the rooms of other residents. The nursing assistant yells “I’m gonna hit you if you go into one more room today!” Both ethical and legal violation. Scenario 2 A female patient refuses to eat the food that has been served on her breakfast tray. The nursing assistant
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Administrative Ethics Paper You see it everywhere: work‚ school‚ shopping malls‚ and though it is considered illegal in most states‚ the car next to you at the stop light. People are on their cell phones talking or text messaging (TM). There are some cell phones that can connect to the internet‚ but most cell phones have the ability for short message service (SMS)‚ also known as texting. Cell phones and TM are great ways to keep in touch with co-workers‚ friends‚ family members‚ and now physicians
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violate any rights‚ laws or freedoms‚ he/she has the right to communicate such concerns with the legal department and his/her direct supervisor. Furthermore‚ each employee will have the obligation to report any and all safety‚ ethical‚ and/or legal violations observed or committed. Otherwise‚ rebuke‚ termination‚ and/or legal punitive action may be taken. To facilitate reporting‚ several methods will be made available to each member of the hospital staff‚ and those in affiliation with St.
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HIPAA and Nursing Catherine L. Workman University of Phoenix Jul. 26‚ 06 To discuss how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has affected my nursing practice today we must first discuss the Act itself. The protection and privacy of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) which became law in ‚1996. Subtitle F of Title II of HIPAA‚ entitled "Administrative Simplification‚ "requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to adopt
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Ethical Issues in the Workplace Eden Rubenstein Excelsior College BUS 523: Business Ethics for Managers Dr. Sharlyn Moore October 19‚ 2014 Ethical Issues in the Workplace Section 1: Introduction and Situational Analysis An ethical dilemma is a circumstance‚ which occurs when there are two and more options‚ and neither decision would be right or wrong. While this is the case usually‚ one of the options is the better option on which route to follow. We want to make the right and best decisions
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