HIPPA 2 Page Essay HIPPA’s main goal is to protect and assure that the patient’s health information is protected. HIPPA protects the information even if it’s in the form of the media‚ electronic‚ paper or even oral. The facility has no right to release any of the patient’s information without the patients consent. When patients are seen in the facility‚ the providers and the medical assistants have the right to protect the patient’s information from anyone that’s not allowed or has no purpose to
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right to care and set rules in the house to make sure their child is okay. Ethics of care (which is associated with virtue ethics) is a perspective on moral issue that emphasizes close personal relationships and moral virtues such as compassion‚ love‚ and sympathy. I’m not arguing that parents should invade their child’s privacy‚ but that they have the right to. Thesis: Parents have the right to invade their child’s privacy because they care and are obligated to protect those‚ they care about. Synthesis:
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GASTROENTEROLOGIST Gastroenterologist is also a sub-specialty of internal medicine .a gastroenterologist deals with digestive system problems. They diagnose and treat disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. • ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) — a procedure to detect disorders in the ducts such as narrowing‚ gallstones‚ blockages‚ tumors and cysts. An ERCP combines the use of X-rays and endoscope — a long‚ flexible‚ lighted tube. The endoscope is advanced through
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HealthCare Law Facts of case Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones boat collided with a rock‚ causing Chipper to suffer severe whiplash and other possible brain injuries. Chipper was rushed to Lake Lanier Health Care Center (LLHC) who had been in business six months without applying for government approval. LLHC CEO Herman Cain‚ ordered his doctors to discharge Chipper‚ against their cautions that he needed further attention. Cuban called Dr. Gawande‚ detailing Chipper’s case. Dr. Gawande‚ used a smart
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Liability through Proper Health Care Management Learning from mistakes is not something that is accepted in health care. Near-miss and error reporting is an essential component of safety programs across safety conscious industries. Within health care‚ though‚ many physicians are often reluctant to engage in patient safety activities and be open about errors because they believe they are being asked to do so without adequate assurances of legal protection. Having proper health care management could better
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Chapter 4 Study Questions and Answers Define battery and give an example. Battery in the medical field can be as simple as a nurse or nursing assistant continuing to perform physical care after a patient has demanded not to be touched. Often‚ this form of legal tort is difficult to grasp and can be difficult to apply in real life situations. For example‚ (a rhetorical question)‚ can a patient claim a tort of battery if the patient fell but the patient screams to the nurse‚ "Don’t touch me!"
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b Running Head: OBAMACARE The Obama Care Policy American National Government POL 201 Jacqueline Arnold Instructor Kimminau January 8‚ 2013 OBAMACARE 1 In this short essay about the “Obama HealthCare Policy‚” I will discuss the problems of the policy. I plan to explain the history‚ and the meaning of this policy. In this essay I will be discussing the pros and cons of the Obama HealthCare Policy‚ as well as the issue’s with the Federalism
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1996 the U.S. Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The first pro about the HIPAA law is that it protects yours or a patient’s security and privacy rights. Every patient must read and sign that hit the consent form which will allow the patient’s medical records to be released. The patient will also have access and complete control over their medical records. The second pro in the HIPAA law is that it allows Health Care providers to check the patient’s
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BUSINESS ETHICS WITHOUT STAKEHOLDERS Joseph Heath Abstract: One of the most influential ideas in the field of business ethics has been the suggestion that ethical conduct in a business context should be analyzed in terms of a set of fiduciary obligations toward various "stakeholder" groups. Moral problems‚ according to this view‚ involve reconciling such obligations in cases where stakeholder groups have conflicting interests. The question posed in this paper is whether the stakeholder
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There are numerous ethical issues that a medical assistant may encounter in a daily office or hospital setting. It is unethical to have a conversation with a fellow coworker regarding a patient. The patient may overhear or worse they may be related to someone in the office. It is no one’s business as to why the patient had an appointment. Another unethical behavior that is unacceptable is foul language in front of the patients. They do not need to hear that kind of language under any circumstances
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