Health Law and Regulations Bianca Needham September 22‚ 2014 Professor Kathleen Cross Health Law and Regulations Federal regulation agencies function as an extension of the executive branch in government that generate and enforce legislation. Regulation and regulatory agencies play an important role in the health care arena. The array of regulations that govern healthcare are overwhelming‚ however‚ each individual regulatory agency has a specific scope that focuses on protecting and maintaining
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be submitted to the dropbox by the end of Unit 8. Your Name: Gabriella Gower Unit 8 Project Questions: Part I 1. Under HIPAA‚ are you legally allowed to view this patient’s medical information? Why or why not? Under HIPAA‚ you are not legally allowed to view a patient’s medical information unless you are their doctor because it is in violation of a patients personal information and that is against the law so because you are the doctor you can help retrieve that patient and give
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communication. There are advantages and disadvantages of using either means of communication. It is the communications coordinator occupation to manage and utilize these methods to the best of its ability. These methods must oblige and be enforce by the HIPAA to prevent the misuse of patient ’s
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as protect people and information; set the rules for expected behavior by users‚ system administrators‚ management‚ and security personnel; authorize security personnel to monitor‚ probe‚ and investigate; define and authorize the consequences of violation; define the company consensus baseline stance on security; help minimize risk; and finally help track compliance with regulations and legislation (Canavan & Diver‚ 2007). These two policies‚ meaning Government and Organization‚ provide a framework
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Introduction to healthcare Healthcare in United States has been a topic of discussion for many generations. Improving the quality and quantity of life is why healthcare delivery has evolved from the traditional family doctor providing the majority of the care to a team of healthcare professionals across a continuum of care. In the past‚ health care was designed to focus on the major health problems like epidemics. In addition‚ technology to handle the predominant health problems was virtually nonexistent
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HIPAA is divided into five titles or categories covering different aspects of healthcare. The highlights of these five titles are (i) continuous health care insurance coverage for most people‚ (ii) preventing health care fraud and abuse and protecting patient’s
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0.aspx Goth‚ G. (2006‚ April 1‚ 2006). Raising the Bar [Journal Article]. HealthcareInformatics.com. Retrieved from http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/article/raising-bar-0 HIPAA Requirements | MedicalRecords.com [Journal Article]. (n.d.). Medicalrecords.com. Retrieved from http://www.medicalrecords.com/physicians/hipaa-and-medical-records Privacy/Data Protection Project. (May 11‚ 2005). In University of Miami- Miller School of Medicine Privacy/Data Protection Project. Retrieved from http://privacy
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access and reference. Physicians use these for billing. The shadow charts are not as complete and accurate as a primary record. There is no proper procedure‚ tracking and accounting for the release of information from shadow charts. There are no strict HIPAA rules for the security of the patient information in shadow charts. But these are subject to covered entity’s policies and procedures. In most of the cases‚ the shadow charts become completely separated records from the primary record. In these instances
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The author main points within this article are the policy of social media among the nurses and the patients. In other words‚ to “introduce social media and outline ethical issues surrounding their use for medical-surgical nurses” along with “identify existing guides from professional and regulatory associations that nurses can use to navigate social media ethically.” As stated on page 326 by Vicki D. Lachman. With the world of social media advancing it’s important for nurse’s “to become familiar
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meeting with the staff. Text messaging needs to be used with some caution. If the receiving staff member is not in the workplace the message can be viewed by someone who is not privy to the information. This could be a HIPAA‚ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‚ violation if the wrong person sees the information sent through a text. E-mailing internally is the most effective way to send a message to the staff‚ Department Heads‚ and Physicians. Everyone will get the same message with
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