Virtue theory is a thought in ethics that the individual is responsible for all ethical choices. It focuses on the outcome of a decision rather than setting rules for specific occasions. Each individual is responsible for making their own choices and predicting the outcome of that decision being made. Stealing is unethical but if a worker is stealing food from his job, which is a multi million-dollar corporation, is it really considered stealing? Maybe this person is stealing because he has to so
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Health Care Information Systems Terms Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) HIPAA was put in place to maintain disclosure of medical records which includes maintaining privacy rules on disclosure of patient information and identity. Privacy and security needs to be maintained in other to protect the services of patients, reducing ethics violations, sustaining corporate integrity as well as to increase patient satisfaction. The health care setting in which HIPPA will
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aide and care giver that deal with jobs that involve a lot of private information involving a large number of patients and a number of medical personnel on a daily basis. Each day we hold many patients whole medical history in our hands and their privacy depends on us. We help make sure the patient gets the best medical care possible. It is our duty to make clear any unclear term or unknown medical finding before transcribing it. (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2009). This can be done by researching through
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Patient Privacy HCS/335 06/25/11 Virginia Henkels Patient Privacy Patient privacy has been a major issue within the healthcare field for many years. With the increasing use of medical information technology more and more people are being authorized to view patient health information. Not only do physicians and nurses have access; but this has broadened to include allied health professionals, billing specialists, quality assurance employees, social workers, medical records technicians
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to consider in this case study. The nurse has to review her professional role according to code of ethics and nursing standards in relation to advance directives and medical power of attorney. The nurse also has to consider the patient’s right to privacy and confidentiality according to HIPPA Policy. The issues in contemporary healthcare facilities are sometimes the statues can be vague, and issues can be in conflict with own personal beliefs in most areas. A) State Regulations
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University of Phoenix Material Health Care Museum As you learn about health care delivery in the United States, it is important to understand its history to develop a working knowledge as you progress through the course. You are the curator of the first Health Care Hall of Fame Museum that pays tribute to the five most significant developments in the evolution of health care in the United States. Prepare a proposal of the five main developments you would include. Be specific and draw
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importance and acceptable use of internet and email. These trainings will be mandated for all the new users and after completion of training this will be documented and stored. As per HIPAA guidelines unless all these mandatory trainings are completed they are not given access to the company data and records (HIPAA Security Guidance, 2006). Besides this no user would be allowed to bring external hardware and storage devices like CD, USB storage media, external hard disks etc. in case there is a genuine
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Health Information systems Week 4Assignemnt1 Nicole Hartman-Lacerna Professor. Ford 07/25/014 In the health care field and throughout organizations they all do things a little differently and different times as well I feel that when it goes to dealing with electronic medical records every physician and organization has there pros and cons with going this route. They are skeptical of how this will affect not only themselves, but the patients that care for and provide service
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How HIPAA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process Rebecca Clements HCA 220 University of Phoenix (Axia) October 3, 2010 Monica Tucker Abstract HIPAA mandates privacy rules and regulations regarding patient’s protected health information. This includes diagnoses, information regarding sexuality and history of drug use. HIPAA applies to all diagnoses, because of the social stigmas placed upon certain types of diagnosis; history has shown
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act of 1996 or HIPAA, was put in place as an attempt to reform health care during the Clinton administration by making it possible for workers, of any profession, to change jobs regardless if the worker or any members of their family, have a pre-existing medical condition, decreasing paperwork which is associated with the processing of health claims, and by reducing health care abuse and fraud, and by assuring the privacy and security of health information. HIPAA’s standards for privacy of individually
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