Patient Confidentiality and HIPAA Tamika Marshall HPIC/245C Fundamentals of Information Systems for Health Care July 21‚ 2013 University of Phoenix After three years of making sure they got it correct‚ the Unites States signed into law HIPAA. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was developed by The Department of Health and Human Services. August 21‚ 1996 changed the way medical professionals conducted patient business forever. The
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CONFIDENTIALITY Professional especially doctors have an ethical and legal duty to respect confidentiality of patients. I am going to give details of a case study I came across and then outline the issues surrounding confidentiality referring to it. The case study is about a man (Mr X) who is in a relationship with a drug representative. He discovers that one of the drugs he is researching is produced by another subsidiary of his girlfriend’s drug company. As part of the research‚ he has access to
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should be to the productive sectors of the economy so as to have significant impact on the economy. Also‚ exchange rate should be seriously looked into in-line with the economic growth policy. Government should ensure proper implementation and enforce strict compliance with banking reforms and exchange rate policies. KEYWORDS: Banking Sector Reform‚ Economy‚ Gross Domestic Product 1. INTRODUCTION In Nigeria‚ we recognize four phases of banking sector reforms since the commencement
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An analysis of how national and local guidelines‚ policies and procedures for safeguarding‚ affect day to day work with children and young people including but not limited to: Childcare practice: Childcare practice can include Nurseries‚ pre-school‚ primary and secondary school‚ childminders and children’s homes. If you are someone who works with children‚ you are obliged to hold a relevant childcare qualification. You also usually need to have 2 references and a DBS. (disclosure and barring service)
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Australia ’s large current account deficit is currently the greatest concern to some economists. For the past three decades‚ Australia has had a BOP deficit with its CAD having grown from $195 million in December‚ 1979 to $18483 million in December‚ 2009 (ABSxls). With the enormous BOP deficit‚ Australia has to take measures to control the sources of BOP deficit‚ so that it will not fall into a debt crisis like Greece’s. The latest BOP statistics are listed below: Table1 Current account ; -18483
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ABANDONING SHIP General responsibilities: Master : Overall command - leading and guiding from the “top” Chief Officer : Coordinating embarking of the rescue vessels (lifeboat‚ rescue boat‚ life raft etc.) Third Officer and Pumpman : Assisting Chief Officer Second Officer : Assisting Master‚ maintaining a written record of events during the response‚ Radio Officer for emergency communication Chief Engineer : Coordinating and ensuring power supply and availability of technical equipment‚ maintaining
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Explain how the requirements of legislation‚ codes of practice and agreed ways of working influence professional supervision. Legislation has leaded us to the point of view that supervision is the requirement for all staff: 1) National Minimum Standards – Supplying good practice of supervision is a mandatory requirement set by National Minimum Standards in UK– covering all criteria and aspects of practice (for example policy and procedures; job descriptions and keeping a balance between outcomes
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preserve the confidentiality of medical records and standardized electronic data interchange (EDI) among providers‚ insurers‚ and government agencies. Ethics are a set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong. Ethics gives a standard of conduct or code of behavior. Talking about what happened to a patient or who the patient is‚ is breaking the confidentiality contract. When you enter a health occupation‚ learn the code of ethics and ALWAYS remember confidentiality. It should always
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CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS Jennifer Sherwood Kaplan University CM107 December 16‚ 2013 Confidentiality Rules Upon arriving at a new physician’s office a patient is given a clipboard with several papers on it‚ and is told to fill it out and return to receptionist when finished. What are all these papers‚ and why do they need to be filled out? These are actually very important to the care that the patient will receive. Every time a patient is seen by health care professional
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WHY CONFIDENTIALITY IS IMPORTANT? Patients routinely communicate personal information with health care providers. On the off chance that the classifications of this information were not secured‚ trust in the doctor or health care provider relationship would be reduced. Patients would be less inclined to share sensitive information‚ which could adversely affect their care. Confidentiality is integral to the improvement of trust amongst specialists and patients. Patients must have the capacity to expect
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