Oluwadamilola O. Adeyemi Dr. Msthali CIS 500 November 16, 2012 In comparing and contrasting using mobile technology to the ageless standard of in patient visits and all the procedures handled within the office or hospital setting, vital signs have been measured frequently to access the condition of a patient. Since the days of Florence Nightingale who is the mother of nursing, the standard in health care has been that taking the patients vital signs has always been a hands on in person
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information. This legislation formulates the processes for the use and de-identification of the data and authorization of that data's use in research and analytics. Healthcare "covered entities" are bound by the constraints of HIPAA to protect private health information. HIPAA training and enforcement is utilized throughout the health care industry, to include providers, payors, patients and a host of ancillary entities. These ancillary organizations can include the insurance industry, schools, employers
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Regulatory and Compliance Issues Paper SANYUY D. ELVIS LAW 531 October 13, 2015 JAMES CHARNELL Regulatory and Compliance Issues Paper Do you think that the creation and work of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has resulted in greater independence of auditors of public companies? Due to some major Corporate and Accounting Scandals in some prominent companies including Enron and WorldCom, Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) was enacted in 2002. Through this, a lot of changes were
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can be applied towards this issue will be provided. Patient Privacy The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) original intents were to enable workers to change jobs without fear of losing health care coverage (Liebler & McConnell, 2012), but HIPAA is more commonly known for protecting patient privacy. When organizations had to be HIPAA compliant by April 14, 2003 those organizations were required to train employees in the proper handling of protected health information
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Legal Aspects of Professional Psychology Michael Lampe May 06, 2013 There are many factors that can affect a professional in the field of psychology. Some of these factors may be ethical issues and some may have legal issues. These two issues may seem similar. However, they are very different. American Psychological Association (APA) Ethics Code can help clear up any problems with ethical issues. The legal issues are not as easy to see or find the correct answers. Legal issues can be separated
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Dealing with Fraud Vianny Castillo David.Tataw, PhD, MPA, MMIS, FACHE Health Care Policy, Law, and Ethics (HAS 515) September 6, 2013 Introduction Fraud is defined as wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain. The term is usually associated with financial institutions or perhaps other types of businesses, but it’s not a term that is automatically associated with the health care field. Or at least some of us didn’t think so. However, the sad truth
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Training and Assessment Shamale Williams HCS/341 September-29-2014 Dorothy Cucinelli Training and Assessment Training in the health care industry involves a variety steps such as assessment, development and conduct of training and evaluations (Gómez, Balkin, & Cardy, 2012, p. 278). Training and assessment in the health care industry involves skills training, peer training, customer service training, creative training, crisis training and literacy training (Gómez, Balkin, & Cardy
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False 2. An electronic health record can be managed across more than one healthcare organization. True 3. Confidentiality refers to the right to be left alone. False 4. HITECH widens the scope of privacy and security protections under HIPAA. True 5. Privileged communication is a legal concept designed to protect the communication between two parties. True Check Your Understanding 1.2 1. Ownership of a health record generated by a doctor on a patient belongs to the patient
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Ethics of Nurses Jessica Voorhees HCA322 Eugene Elliott January 14, 2013 Ethics of Nurses The Code of Ethics was designed as a measuring stick for healthcare workers to compare their actions against. “The Code of Ethics also incorporates standards of ethical behavior governing individual behavior, particularly when that conduct directly relates to the role and identity of the healthcare executive.” (A.C.H.E., 2012). Today’s health care system and its professionals are receiving
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Katherine Bailey CET 3010 Course Project Professor Yousef By Katherine Bailey CET 3010 Course Project Professor Yousef By Better Your Small Business Today Better Your Small Business Today Contents Introduction: 1 Current Business Process: 1 Patient Arrival 1 Check in Process: 1 Wait in waiting room 2 Urine Sample 2 Wait in waiting room for nurse 2 Nurse takes/records vitals on paper 2 Wait to see Doctor 2 See Doctor 2 Check Out: 2 Data Collection and Analysis:
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