1. Under HIPAA‚ are you legally allowed to view this patient’s medical information? Why or why not? Yes‚ I am legally allowed to look at the patient’s medical information because I was taking care of them. It is my job to make sure the patients has the correct information about the information‚ medication‚ and the aftercare instructions. 2. In this case‚ how would you be able to correct your error and provide the missing documents and instructions to the patient while still protecting patient confidentiality
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With this definition in mind‚ the proficient application of EMTALA and HIPAA to our scenario and discussion of the rights‚ duties‚ and responsibilities of patients and providers can transpire. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act was passed as a feature of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986. This federal law requires the stabilization and treatment of the patient who arrives at the emergency department‚ regardless of the individual’s insurance status or ability to
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Range of service provisions in health and social care In healthcare‚ hospitals provide considerable services through Doctors/GPs surgeries to citizens. They practice health check-up‚ give medications or vaccinations for health impairments. In cooperation with pharmacists‚ they provide health education and advice (e.g. about smoking)‚ dietary and maternity’s services. Care Home services provide medical and emotional care and support for elderly people. They give assistance and safeguarding to those
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In 1996‚ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed into legislation. HIPAA provides patients with access to their medical records and gives patients more control over the handling and distribution of their personal health information (PHI). HIPAA regulations are extremely important in ensuring the privacy of PHI and helps reduce any fraudulent activity. By fully following HIPAA regulations‚ healthcare compliant facilities are more likely to save money by avoiding lawsuits
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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‚ employers‚ life insurers‚ schools and universities‚ and health care clearinghouses
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HIPAA Tutorial University of Phoenix Health Care Communication Strategies HCS 320 March 27‚ 2013 HIPAA Tutorial The tutorials on HIPAA‚ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‚ is a reminder that there is constant need for improvement on the part of health care individuals. There is a need among health care workers to know the rules and guidelines to stay within the laws set forth by the federal government. What did you learn from the HIPAA tutorial? There is a lot of
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The HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules benefit and support the integrity of the healthcare industry‚ patients‚ and physicians by supplying the patient with the Notice of Privacy Practices before care is administered. It gives the patient all the pertinent information on how the information in their medical records will be used and shared along with the rights they have to the record. If there are any questions or if the patient feels like the confidentiality of their protected health information has
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Explain and Summarize Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics Introduction Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with morals and doing good actions for the good of oneself and others. Ethical dilemmas‚ also known as moral dilemmas can be defined as a situation that arises in the course of one’s practice‚ where one has to make a choice between two options‚ neither of which will adequately resolve the situation in an acceptable professional or ethical manner. Various theoretical principles represent
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Checkpoint: HIPAA Privacy Rule‚ Exemptions‚ and Compliance Plans Describe in your own words the five provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule as noted in Chapter 2 and discuss the provision you feel is the best safeguard against unauthorized sharing of Protected Health Information (PHI). The HIPPA has many provisions in place to protect a person medically. One of those provisions is to protect a person’s private health information from getting into the wrong hands. Before this program there were
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an estimate of 83% own at least one mobile device and one in four doctors use smartphones and computers in their medical practice (Barrett‚ 2011). There is a great concern that protected health information (PHI) may be compromised by the use of mobile devices under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The HIPAA law is in effect to secure patient medical records are kept confidential and safe. The increase of patients and health care practitioners communicating not only
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