Effective Communication Rebecca Moreland HCS/325 December 17 2012 UOP Effective Communication I currently do not work but, I did previously work for an individual insurance sales agent for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. I understand that in the healthcare environment, communication is the utmost importance and confidential. There is only certain ways to handle certain cases. There are some things that you are not allowed to discuss in writing and vice versa in verbal communication due
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Confidentiality HIPAA which is health insurance portability and accountability act was original put in place in 2003 to help provide patients medical records to be protected, and to keep this information away from anyone except whom the patient want to have that information. Once HIPAA became the privacy law, the government had to produce a way for patient’s medical records to be safe and stay safe and confidential. This means electronically as well as the paper trail. Medical facilities had to
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to this situation. His advance directive clearly states that he does not wish to be placed on a ventilator. The Wyoming Nurse Practice Act clearly states in Chapter 7, Section 6 (ii) Advocates for the client, and then further states in subsection (A) respects clients rights, concerns, decisions, and dignity (Fowler, 2008). Failure to follow the nurse practice act in your state could mean that you will have your license suspended or may lose your license completely. It would depend on what the State
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My capstone project is to recommend a Windows networked environment to facilitate the remote monitoring of neuro-surgeries. As a consultant I was approached by XYZ-Monitoring to assist in the design of a network from the ground up that would support the remote monitoring of neuro-surgeries using Cadwell Laboratories’ Cascade system. XYZ-Monitoring (herein referred to as XYZ) wanted a Windows network that would be integrated with their existing Cisco ASA firewall device. XYZ wanted to use a virtualized
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Psychological Association 0735-7028/09/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0016853 Electronic Medical Records: Confidentiality Issues in the Time of HIPAA Margaret M. Richards Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital With the application of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the medical community, new issues arise for psychologists in keeping documented records of patient visits. Confidentiality limits have broadened, making use of the electronic medical record more complicated for the
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Health Care Communication Methods Sophia Jones HCS/320 October 22, 2012 Paul Wing Health Care Communication Methods Companies do not like to recall one of its products however; when a safety problem makes a product recall necessary to prevent illnesses, injuries or save lives, it benefits everyone to communicate effectively. A communications coordinator tasked with addressing news reports and the public about negative effects of a drug product must follow several steps. These steps should
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital instituted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) on April 14, 2003. This legislation changed the way many medical facilities handled a patient’s protected health information (PHI) in a variety of ways. This paper will review the subject of the way the Johns Hopkins Hospital handles PHI within its organization. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act completely changed the way a medical facility
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HIPPA of 1996 • State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) • Prospective Payment System (PPS) |1960 |Prospective Payment System (PPS)- The mid-1960's brought about the view that access to| | |good quality health care could be provided for the U.S., regardless of ability to | | |pay. The PPS is a means to determine insurance payments for Medicaid plans. It is a |
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much of our day-to-day activities. An example of this would be HIPAA or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that was established in 1996. Around this time, medical facilities, including hospitals, and private practices, started implementing the use of digital medical records. To limit the amount of personal information being disclosed to anyone other than the patient, the government created this act to protect our privacy with what could be sensitive information (Gayle, 2006). Before
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A Sick Medicaid System August 5, 2012 Maine Department of Human Services (DHS) believed that they needed a new Medicaid system so that information could be safer, accurate, and provided more functions. This new system needed to be updated with the new HIPAA requirements. DHS managers reasoned that building a new system would be easier and less expensive to maintain than upgrading and maintaining the old
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