HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. In 1996 the US Congress authorized this to regulate the disclosure of a person’s health information. Privacy Rule defines how covered entities use individually-recognizable health information or the PHI (Personal Health Information). Covered entities’ is a term often used in HIPAA-compliant guidelines. A covered entity can be a provider or insurance company. HIPAA laws are designed to simplify administrative side of the healthcare
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Ethical Issues in the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research Richard R. Sharp‚ PhD Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Baylor College of Medicine Historical Perspectives The use of animals in biomedical research has a lengthy history. Early Greek writings (circa 500 B.C.)‚ for example‚ describe the dissection of living animals by physician-scientists interested in physiological processes. These early vivisections appear to have been done mostly for exploratory purposes‚ however
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Are you a small business owner or a corporate employee who is looking to solve tax related issues? Or maybe you are just an average person that has had some major financial setbacks over the past couple of years and have not been able to pay your back taxes? If any of these are the case then you should consider consulting with an experienced tax relief attorney who can help you get out of serious tax related issues. These lawyers can assist you by providing you with all of their expertise and knowledge
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Zhenzhen Xu BUSN290 Professor Craig Johnson Oct. 2‚ 2013 In chapter 1‚ I get to know five widely used ethical methods that are Utilitarianism‚ Kant’s Categorical Imperative‚ Rawls’s Justice as Fairness‚ Confucianism and Altruism. I choose Utilitarianism to compare with Confucianism. Utilitarianism is what we should consider both short- and long-term consequences when we make some ethical choices. The goal of Utilitarianism is to expand profits as possible as they can. In other words‚ it is a
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Insurance Portability and Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)‚ was implemented by the Congress in order to improve access to health insurance‚ to promote standardization and efficiency in the healthcare industry‚ and to offer nationally standardized protections for individual health information The HIPAA Privacy Rule The HIPAA Privacy Rule was created so that the patients’ health information is protected and released only with the patients’
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legal responsibilities - Monsanto is subject to laws and regulations of the US and where they operate‚ the country that they are in. It is the responsibility of Monsanto to ensure that they abide by the law and act in accordance with it. This is highlighted Monsanto’s ’pledge’ (2015) as follows‚ "Integrity is the foundation for all that we do. Integrity includes honesty‚ decency‚ consistency‚ and courage...We will create clarity of direction‚ roles‚ and accountability; build strong relationships
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Media and Its Ethical Responsibilities SOC120 Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Charles Kaye March 19‚ 2012 Media and Its Ethical Responsibilities Mass media has become a major influence in our lives throughout the years. We live in a society that is dependent on information and communication. We rely on these daily for direction and help to accomplish basic activities such as work‚ education‚ traveling‚ etc…. Due to the advancement of technology‚ life has become much easier
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parent think corporal punishment will bring abusement among children‚ I think that parent should give them corporal punishment for several reason. An opponent which is some of parents believing that corporal punishment will end up with abusement issues among children‚ for that can lead to low confident level among children while they are growing. However‚ some parents believe by introducing corporal punishment among children will bring many positive effects such as develop self-discipline among
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Two days after Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by militants from the Pakistani Taliban‚ Her shooting went not only against the teachings of Islam‚ but also against Pashtun traditions‚ in which you would never think of hurting a woman — let alone a 14-year-old girl on her way home from school. As a father‚ naturally I pictured one of my own children lying in that hospital. What happened to her was against all human emotion. But now Malala has become a symbol of Pakistan. She is a role model
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