Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Pros of HIPPA: 1) Allows patients legal rights to see‚ copy‚ and correct their personal medical information. 2) Prevents employers from accessing and using personal health information to make employment decisions. 3) It enables patients with pre-existing conditions to change jobs without worrying that their medical conditions would not be covered under a new employer’s health plan. Cons of HIPPA: 1) The regulations of
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One of the things that we learn this week is that legal accountability is a serious thing in nursing. Reading so many case studies has make me realize the importance of having professional liability insurance as an RN. In nursing work settings‚ so many things can go wrong unintentionally. Nurses are legally bound to the nursing practice act‚ and practicing below that standards can result of negligence. It is important to have liability insurance‚ but it is more important to practice with cautious
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Personal Responsibility and Accountability Due to my recent troubles at work I have been counseled twice in the past several weeks. This has given me a lot of time to reflect at the way I have really presented myself in the Army thus far. I have not always been the best Soldier that I could have been during most of the time I that I have been in so far. Thinking about this does bother me‚ it means that I could be trying harder to get ahead and better myself as a Soldier and a person. Lets
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Views of Business Ethics & Managerial Accountability What is the fundamental purpose of a company? Different people have different answers. Some argue that a company should maximize its returns for its shareholders; while others disagree‚ saying that company should take the interests of employees and customers into consideration. Meanwhile‚ most people involved in business—whether functioning as a small business owner‚ employee‚ or chief executive officer of a multinational company—eventually
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HIPPA‚SOX‚ & PCI EXPLAINING HIPPA‚SOX‚ & PCI ITT TECH HIPPA HIPAA which stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was passed in 1996. It was made to make sure that health or medical information data is protected. But it ’s not just used by the health care industry‚ employers that offer health insurance must abide by HIPAA. HIPAA defines health information as any data is created or received by health care providers‚ health plans‚ public health authorities
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Accountability of Professional Nurses: Informed Consent Informed consent is used as a safeguard to ensure the patient’s understanding of the care or procedure needed to treat a medical issue. It also ensures the patient’s understanding of any adverse effects that can occur due to the care or procedure needed. Verbal consent is usually obtained at the bedside when discussing what minor procedures or tasks need to be done‚ drawing blood‚ for example. Signed informed consents are mainly used
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‚ most commonly known by its initials HIPAA‚ was enacted by Congress then signed by President Bill Clinton on August 21‚ 1996. This act was put into place in order to regulate the privacy of patient health information‚ and as an effort to lower the cost of health care‚ shape the many pieces of our complicated healthcare system. This act also protects individuals from losing their health insurance if they lose their employment or choose to
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Introduction: In modern society‚ although there is no general common sense of what constitutes of Corporate Society Responsibility (CSR) and how much of it requires to firms‚ it is quite necessary for managers to have a better understanding of CSR and carry it out. Similarity‚ stakeholders also need to know it well. In early research on CSR‚ it was referred that the firm paid more attention to social responsibility (SR) than CSR (Carroll ‚1979). The reason can be that the firm’s dominance in the
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The Importance of Accountability Paper Michelle Payden-Wright HCS/475 March 2‚ 2015 Dr. Lawrence Fergus The Importance of Accountability Paper Accountability is important in the health care industry; it holds an individual accountable day in and day out for his and her own tasks. Holding a person accountable for their actions can also assist in creating accountability for the department‚ unit‚ organization‚ and industry level of the organization. Accountability is considered to be a performance management
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The Importance of Accountability and Responsibility in the United States Army The following essay is definitions‚ and examples of how responsibility‚ accountability and time management are important to succeeding in today’s Army. Responsibility is increased when soldiers have a single‚ clear set of rules that apply to a specific event. When the guidelines are unclear‚ or when more than one set of rules seems to apply to an event‚ responsibility is decreased. Responsibility is: the obligation
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