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 psychologist
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Code of Ethics for Nurses in Australia Developed under the auspices of Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council, Australian College of Nursing, Australian Nursing Federation Introduction This Code of Ethics for Nurses in Australia has been developed for the nursing profession in Australia. It is relevant to all nurses at all levels and areas of practice including those encompassing clinical, management,education and research 1 domains. This Code is framed by the principles and standards set
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Would manual monitoring of blood pressure be more accurate than machinery monitoring in adult medical patients for detecting variations in blood pressure? Introduction Today’s health care applies evidence based practice in patient care with the purpose of easing the clinical decision making with standard practice and provide high quality care to patients. Evidence Based Practice is a problem solving method in clinical care on the basis of best available findings from patient preferences, clinical
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or the presence or absence of a specific DNA or RNA marker, which has been obtained from an analysis of: (1) the individual's biological information or specimen; or (2) the biological information or specimen of a person to whom the individual is related. (b) "Genetic information" also means medical or biological information collected from an individual about a particular genetic condition that is or might be used to provide medical care to that individual or the individual's family members. §
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Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Studies, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. 2. Violeta Lopez, PhD, is a Professor and Head of School, School of Nursing (NSW and ACT), Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, NSW, Australia. SUBMITTED DATE : January 25, 2007 ACCEPTED DATE FOR PUBLICATION : July 21, 2007 PUBLISHED DATE : April, 2008 JOURNAL : Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing INTRODUCTION
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18 Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing Winter 2008 www.lejacq.com ID: 6611 Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of hospitalization for persons older than 65 years and often necessitates assistance from family caregivers.1,2 Approximately 40% of older adults are readmitted within 3 months postdischarge, resulting in significant health care costs.2,3 Indeed, more than one million hospitalizations attributed to HF cost the patient and United States health care system over $27 billion
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Council of State Boards of Nursing, composed of member boards, provides leadership to advance regulatory excellence for public protection. Purpose and Functions The purpose of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN ) is to provide an organization through which boards of nursing act and counsel together on matters of common interest and concern affecting the public health, safety and welfare, including the development of licensing examinations in nursing. ® The major functions
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Information Technology to 100 million in 2005 (The White House). It was part of a larger plan to utilize latest information technology to standardize patient and health records, which despite spending 1.6 trillion dollars, attributed to 98,000 medically related errors in 2004. The plan was part of his campaign promise and was reiterated in his January 20, 2004 State of the Union address when, President Bush remarked, “by computerizing health records, we can avoid dangerous medical mistakes, reduce costs
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A Proposal Undertaking Commissioning Services For Prime Medical College & Hospital Prepared by Bangladesh Institute of Healthcare Management & Research (BIHM&R) Contents 1. 2. 3. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………….1 KEY ISSUES AND OBJECTIVES…………………………………………………2 STAGE 1: DEVELOPMENT OF A 5 YEAR OPERATIONAL PLAN………. …3 3.1 3.2 INTRODUCTION THE FIVE YEAR OPERATIONAL PLAN 4. STAGE 2: COMMISSIONING OF THE HOSPITAL……………………............7 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING LEGAL AND EThICAL IssUEs Of EUThANAsIA: ARGUmENTATIvE EssAy Bilal S. H. Badr Naga Majd T. Mrayyan (1) Bilal S. H. Badr Naga., MSN, RN, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center in Qassim, Saudi Arabia (2) Majd T. Mrayyan., Prof, RN, The Hashemite University, Jordan Correspondence: Bilal S. H. Badr Naga., MSN, RN, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center in Qassim, Saudi Arabia Email: Bilal_badrnaga@yahoo.com Case scenario Abstract Euthanasia is one of the issues that has been the subject
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