...of HIPAA and other regulations on health care communication. Select and complete one of the following assignments: Option 1: Nursing Home Administrator Option 2: Communications Coordinator Option 1: Nursing Home Administrator Read the following scenario: • As the administrator of a local nursing home, you have just received notification that the organization is being purchased by a national group. Because of new policies to be implemented, many of the residents will be displaced. To make the situation more challenging, some of these residents have difficulty communicating, have no local family, and have not indicated that they approve the release of their medical information. Arrangements must be made for these individuals. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on the different types of communication methods for the health care organization described in the scenario. Include the following in your paper: The advantages and disadvantages of using traditional, electronic, and social media for health care communication The effects of HIPAA and other regulations on the use of these media for health care communication Cite a minimum of two sources, one from the University Library and the other from the course textbooks or Electronic Reserve Readings, to support your position. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Option 2: Communications Coordinator Consider the following scenario: • You are the communications coordinator...
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...of HIPAA and other regulations on health care communication. Select and complete one of the following assignments: Option 1: Nursing Home Administrator Option 2: Communications Coordinator Option 1: Nursing Home Administrator Read the following scenario: • As the administrator of a local nursing home, you have just received notification that the organization is being purchased by a national group. Because of new policies to be implemented, many of the residents will be displaced. To make the situation more challenging, some of these residents have difficulty communicating, have no local family, and have not indicated that they approve the release of their medical information. Arrangements must be made for these individuals. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on the different types of communication methods for the health care organization described in the scenario. Include the following in your paper: The advantages and disadvantages of using traditional, electronic, and social media for health care communication The effects of HIPAA and other regulations on the use of these media for health care communication Cite a minimum of two sources, one from the University Library and the other from the course textbooks or Electronic Reserve Readings, to support your position. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Option 2: Communications Coordinator Consider the following scenario: • You are the communications coordinator...
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...methods Veronica George HCS/320 July/ 03/ 2015 Michelle Snell Health Care Communication methods The subject of this paper is to discuss the situation concerning the purchase of a nursing home by a national group. The various healthcare communication methods that can be use in a nursing home during the transition. The advantages and disadvantages of using traditional, electronic, and social media methods of communication. This paper will also discuss the effects of HIPPA regulations on communication methods and the use of media for health care communication. There has been recent notification and development concerning the skilled nursing facility. The nursing facility has been purchased by a national group. Arrangements need to be made in the transition to upgrade and implement new communication methods. The transformation of patient information into new form of communication methods is challenging. According to ( Read Me first week three HCS/320 ) to become a successful communicator barriers must be identified and overcome. Doing so requires understanding common solutions to communication problems and applying them appropriately. To approach these challenges you must rely on the basic concept of good communication and your experience and intuition to overcome the challenges. As a effective communicator it is my responsibility as the administrator to make arrangements for a smooth transition of all communication methods to secure the patient health care information...
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...Option 1: Nursing Home Administrator Darryl Bowler HCS/320 October 8, 2013 Salome Kapella-Mshigeni Option 1: Nursing Home Administrator Because our local nursing home is being taken over by a national group, there will be new policies that we must adhere to as we progress. These policies are going to force our nursing home to adapt and change. I will review the new polices, the affects they have on our patients, the affect they have on our patient’s relatives, how we will effectively communicate to our patients, and what arrangements we are making for displaced individuals. In addition, I will attempt to define our role as a local nursing home being merged into a national group. Traditional health care communication to our nursing home clients would be a tedious task. The traditional media cannot cover all the needs of patients because the lack of services so that is a disadvantage. The advantages are physicians know the process without any problem which benefits our nursing home clients. The traditional process would involve acquiring a listing of the shareholders and a listing of our clients. We would also need mailing lists and phone contacts and hope those listings were accurate. We would have to attempt to contact each and every one listed. It would also require several personnel for the process and become very time consuming. This process would be an extreme disadvantage taking away from the productivity of the employees and the standard operations of our nursing...
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...The primary focus of this article “John Wilkes and the Constitutional Right to a Free Press in the United States” by Mellen Roger P explores a connection that was previously overlooked on how Wilkes was a key impetuously involved in the Constitutional Protection for Free Press. John Wilkes was admired in the American Colonies as a political journalist, a fighter for liberty and a radical politician during his era. He was significantly involved in influencing revolutionaries who essentially fought for American independence. However, modern historians have forgotten and ignored the role he played in protecting civil liberties by ensuring that they had the right to Freedom of the Press. He was often arrested as a result of printing and writing...
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...Nursing Home Administrator Candace Bowen HCS 320 June 16, 2014 Michele E. Lardieri Nursing Home Administrator Nursing home administration is a specialized area of medical and health services management. Nursing home administrators work to supervise clinical and administrative affairs of nursing homes and related facilities. Typical duties of nursing home administrators include overseeing staff and personnel, financial matters, medical care, medical supplies, facilities, and other duties as specific positions demand. ("Education Portal", 2003-2014). When you first enter a nursing home facility, this would be the main person you may need to come in contact with any concerns or questions. The administrator is the one whom we would say, “keeps everything running.” But, there would be no other way than to do it than by using communication. Communication, whether interpersonal or intrapersonal, is a crucial part of these dealings and may be transformed by the intellectual use of communication tools. Information is the means of support of healthcare. Therefore, communication systems are the backbone that supports the whole idea. Care of patients in the nursing homes now almost unavoidably entails many different people, all with the need to share patient information and talk about their organization. As a result there is an ever increasing attention in the information and communication technology that sustain health services. There exists a huge gap in the wide understanding...
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...Applications Protocol Paper-VoIP security NTC/406 Explains how the application layer manages distributed applications and their protocols Here in Afghanistan we use Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) for our NIPR, SIPR and CENTRIX voice capabilities. We utilize the Cisco MCS 7835 Media Convergence Server which allows for any user with internet access to create and receive calls of varies types.Because of this method of communications, it too is also targeted for attacks by unauthorized access, sniffing, and data capturing techniques. To reduce the exposure of this transmission, policies and protocol should be implemented. VoIP is a protocol with the means of communication that originates from local area network domain and provides the essential functions for audio and visual of live streaming transmission. To ensure reliability and security of these connections, information technology personal will need to address the known issues related to this domain. The Local Area Network is one of seven domains situated within the network and provides the crucial link to interior and exterior connections for accessing information. To address these security issues, we must first consider the known threat, risk, and vulnerabilities associated with this domain and connection type. Voice over internet protocol transfers packets over the network by utilizing the Public Branch Exchange (PBX) and Public Switch Telephone Network or PSTN. This function...
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...cannot be understood by unauthorized users. Decryption is the process by which the transformed text is retransformed into a form that can be understood. This paper will seek to analyze a database encryption solution that will protect critical data against internal and external threats and at the same time meet regulatory requirements. 2. Choosing the Point of Encryption Encryption can be done at different places within an enterprise. Encryption is used to minimize the number of people who access the encryption keys. Before encryption, implementation decisions needs to be made (Mattsson, (2005, p.2). The most important thing is choosing the point of implementation. This helps in determining the work that needs to be done so that integration is effective and also determining the security model. Data needs to be protected both when at rest and during movement between applications and the database. 2. 1. Database-Layer Encryption In this case, an enterprise is able to protect data as it is being written and read from a database. Database layer encryption is done at the column level within a database table. It can be coupled with access controls and database security so as to prevent theft of critical data. This level of encryption protects data within the database management system and against threats such as storage media theft, database level...
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...Administrative Ethics Paper Administrative Ethics Paper The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing has a current article named “Caring for Patients While Respecting Their Privacy: Renewing Our Commitment”. The basis of the article concerns the ethical and legal issues concerning the “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act” otherwise known as (HIPPA). This law has impacted the healthcare industry and the way in which healthcare workers conduct themselves with patients, their families, and with one another. In nursing the importance of confidentiality has always been the forefront of patient care. The current Code of Ethics for Nurses (ANA,2001) is clear in its intent and meaning as it relates to the nurses primary role in promoting and advocating patient’s rights relating to privacy and confidentiality. Every nurse has always understood the need for patient confidentiality even before (HIPPA) was law. Truth being with advanced technology, new demands in healthcare, and recent developments in the world at large has made it more difficult to keep this promise. But keep it they must. As healthcare workers on any given day we hear and see private and confidential information, it is our duty to protect it. On occasion we do become comfortable with patient’s medical information that it can be easy to forget that as healthcare workers how important it is to keep information secure and private. Thus, a recommended solution to this issue is to recap the -privacy section...
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...have increasingly targeted online activities. As the number of online activities continues to grow strong, ease of Internet use and increasing use base has perfected the criminal targets. Therefore, attacks on numerous users can be achieved at a single click. The methods utilized in breaching Internet security vary. However, these methods have increasingly become complicated and sophisticated over time. With the increase in threat levels, stronger legislations are being increasingly issued to prevent further attacks. Most of these measures have been aimed at increasing the security of Internet information. Among these methods, the most prominent approach is security authentication and protection. This paper comprehensively evaluates the security authentication process. The paper also introduces security systems that help provide resistance against common attacks. Security Authentication Process Authentication is the process that has increasingly been utilized in verification of the entity or person. Therefore, this is the process utilized in determining whether something or someone is what it is declared to be (LaRoche, 2008). Authentication hence acts as part of numerous online applications. Before accessing an email account, the authentication process is incorporated in identification of the foreign program. Therefore, the most common authentication application is done through incorporation of passwords. Before description of the authentication process, it is important to...
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...COM656 Group Project Security Plan Chunlin Yang Yunzhen Li Peng Yu Yun-Chen Tsao Coleman University COM656 Group Project Security Plan A brief description of the company Company size, employees numbers, Customers Canon Inc is a multinational corporation specialized in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, photocopiers, computer printers and medical equipment. It has about 190,000 employees worldwide by end of 2015. Canon has Personal, Office, Professional, Industry business sectors, provide products and services to many millions of customers in each sector globally. History Summary From its humble beginnings in a 1933 Tokyo apartment, Canon has grown to become a monolith in the field of imaging. Once only a maker of high-quality cameras, Canon now produces personal as well as multifunction copy machines, laser and inkjet printers, toner and canon ink cartridges, and calculators— all in addition to their high-quality cameras. Canon began under the name Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory with the goal of developing a high-end Japanese camera to compete with the European brands flooding the market. That first camera was named Kwanon after the Buddhist Goddess of mercy. Just a short time later, Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory created the first-ever 35mm focal-plane shutter camera called the Hansa Canon—and thus the Canon brand was born. But it wasn't until 1947 that the company officially changed its...
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...Faculty in Communication and Organizational Leadership Studies School of Professional Studies Gonzaga University Under the Supervision and Mentorship of Dr. Heather Crandall In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in Communication and Leadership Studies By J. Mariah Brown December 2011 Technology in the Classroom 2 Abstract Technological advances and a decrease in the cost of technology have resulted in nearly 93 percent of public schools classrooms in the United States having access to the Internet, and a considerable increase in educational programs that incorporate technology into the curriculum (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, 2005). Due to the prevalence of technology in the classroom, the effectiveness of such programs has become a prevailing research topic amongst social scientists. This thesis reviews past research and provides an analysis of relevant studies conducted within the last ten years. Using Daft and Lengel‟s media richness theory as a basis, this meta-analysis provides a comprehensive overview of the effect of technology enhanced learning (TEL) programs on K-12 students‟ overall academic performance and factors that can increase the effectiveness of such programs. Technology in the Classroom 3 Technology in the Classroom 4 Table of Contents CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………….……5 The Problem…………………………………………………………………………………....5 Importance of the Study………………………………………………………………………...
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...Very few cases of domestic violence are reported, ✓ Children exposed to domestic violence are more likely to become “abusing” parents, ✓ Domestic violence crosses boundaries of ethnicity, educational background, income level, social class, ✓ However, domestic violence is perceived to be a “private matter for a certain population”, ✓ Academy award for best documentary given to “Defending Our Lives” gave a huge push to the issue of domestic violence making it a “national matter”, BWFB! through Stacy contributed to the making of the documentary, ✓ The murder cases of Carol Stuart and Nicole Brown Simpson have also contributed to bringing the problem of domestic violence into close public attention, ✓ Stacy Kabat wants to leverage the heightened public attention to promote BWFB! cause and expand its programs, ✓ BWFB! operates on a budget of$150,000, two-thirds of the budget come from foundations contributions, ✓ Stacy needs to develop and implement a marketing strategy to achieve BWFB! goals. SWOT ANALYSIS: |Strengths: |WEAKNESSES: | |Stacy has strong expertise in the area of human rights, both |Stacy...
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...growing in its’ importance to sustain health services in nursing homes. In this paper I will review the different forms of communication within a health care organization including but not limited to traditional, electronic and social media for health care communication. In the process I will further discuss the effects of HIPAA and other regulations on the use of these media for health care communication. The importance of communication within our health care field is often overlooked and minimized, but we must understand it is significant to all who hold a health care position as well as those in managerial functions. There has been situations that occurs in our nursing homes in which we have faced transitions of management and unfortunately our residents/patients were not given the opportunity to communicate with our healthcare providers effectively. This could possibly be due to the lack of family locally, also the patient may have not given us permission to release their medical information has been an ongoing problem that we as administrators have been facing daily. It is these current situations where we as administrators take initiative to improve those situations by incorporating better ways to communicate effectively amongst the entire health care team and to face this challenge head on. It is important to understand the advantages and disadvantages between traditional media and electronic media, and only once we’ve achieved this can we set an appropriate medium for the...
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............3 4. DOCUMENTED DATA SECURITY POLICY.................................4 1. POLICY STATEMENT It shall be the responsibility of the I.T. Department to provide adequate protection and confidentiality of all corporate data and software systems, whether held centrally, on local storage media, or remotely, to ensure the continued availability of data and programs to all authorized members of staff, and to ensure the integrity of all data and configuration controls. Summary of Main Security Policies 1.1. Confidentiality of all data is to be maintained through discretionary and mandatory access controls, and wherever possible these access controls should meet with C2 class security functionality. 1.2. Access to data on all laptop computers is to be secured through encryption or other means, to provide confidentiality of data in the event of loss or theft of equipment. 1.3. The use of unauthorized software is prohibited. In the event of unauthorized software being discovered it will be removed from the workstation immediately. 1.4. Data may only be transferred for the purposes determined in the corporate data- protection policy. 1.5. All disk drives and removable media from external sources must be virus checked before they are used within the corporation. 1.6. Passwords must consist of a mixture of at least 8 alphanumeric characters, and must be changed every 60 days and must be unique. 1.7. The physical security of computer equipment will conform to recognized...
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