University Instructor: Prof. Gayle Dickerson Student: Nguyen Hoang HI135: HIT II- Legal Aspects of Health Information Date: January 13‚ 2015 According to McWay (2010)‚ protected health information pertains to any information concerning the health status and the provision of health care for a specific person‚ and health care providers are “charged under the law with the obligation to maintain patient-specific health information in a confidential manner”. In addition‚ third parties are also allow to
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To the citizens of our community: It is with great concern that I am writing this letter to address the public health of our community. Recently‚ there have been a number of children and adults who have strangely started to develop similar illnesses. The one thing each of these people has in common is that they all live right here in our community. My feels were that these sudden illnesses were not a matter of coincidence but instead a matter or poor practice. This feeling has proven to be accurate
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Starbucks Negative Points Starbucks is Hypocritical about community service. Although they supposedly pride themselves on being involved with projects that help improve the community‚ recycling and "making a difference in the world ‚ In actual this is not the case . The Plastic cups which they use are not recyclable‚ and even if they were‚ many Starbucks stores do not have recycling bins. Starbucks bought 2.5 billion cups for stores in North America in 2007. The 10% recycled paper cups used
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ages 6-17 have mental health problems” and “57% of these low-income children come from households with incomes at or below the federal property level” (Masi and Cooper‚ “Children’s Mental Health”). Poverty provides a poor growing environment to children and increases their susceptibility to developing mental health problems. Often times‚ the families cannot afford early treatment‚ so the problems progressively worsen during childhood and leading into adult life. The negative effects poverty has on
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Community health workers serve as the link between medical providers and their patients for minority and cultural communities. These workers are typically considered bicultural and bilingual as they are members of both the medical workforce and the specific cultural community of the patients with whom they interact. Thus‚ community health workers are able to help remedy the disconnect that clients may have with the medical system by working closely with patients in their homes and everyday community
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secret that mental health is often dismissed and ignored by the Black community. "Depression is for White people." "Just pray about it." "There are people who have it much worse that you do." and the worst one‚ "Just think happy thoughts! :)" are all phrases that individuals struggling with anxiety‚ depression and other mental health problems are all extremely tired of hearing. The truth of the matter is‚ the stigma and refusal to talk about mental illness in the Black community is taking lives and
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Community Health Status Assessment (CHSA) is crucial component of MAPP’s assessments phase. It concentrates on the identification of community health problems and prioritizes the health status of the communities and the quality of life issues of their residents ((National Association of County & City Health Officials‚ 2014). The community Health Status Assessment provides and collects a list of the following data which represent the core indicators of health of Chicago residents and it is including
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End Community Services is a nonprofit organization founded by Jan Lepore-Jentleson in 1998 to serve the people of East Dayton. Before founding East End Community Services‚ Jan Lepore-Jentleson‚ the executive director‚ asked parents and members of the community what are their “most immediate needs.” The overwhelming and devastating response was “our children have no dreams” (Machi 2015). As on offshoot of St. Mary’s Development Corporation‚ Lepore-Jentleson launched East End Community Services to provide
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Community Health of Chesterfield County-Virginia Western Governors University Population/Economic Assessment Chesterfield County‚ Virginia has a population of about 328‚000 as of January 1‚ 2014 with 752 people per square mile. There was a 3.6% increase in the population from April 1‚ 2010 to July 1‚ 2013. 65.4% of the population is white non-Hispanic‚ 21.6% are black non-Hispanic‚ 7.2% are Hispanic‚ 3.2% are Asian and 2.1% are two or more races. In 2012 there were 3657 births and 1654 deaths
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Health Status and Health Care Services in the United Kingdom with comparison to the United States HSM-310 Introduction to Health Services Management Course Project Date submitted: 10/18/2009 Table of Contents Executive Summary Population and Health Status………………………………………………………………………………………….. Demographic characteristics of population Mortality‚ Infant mortality data‚ causes of death *Availability of Health Services* Basic organization/general description of services institutions
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