addresses patient privacy issues and regulates how private health information is used and disclosed. This private health information includes the personal medical records and any other individually identifiable health information, either written or oral that is created or received by a health care provider. This includes information about the patient's past, present, or future health or physical condition and any payment information. In this paper I will describe the issues and impacts on the population
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ACCOUNTABILITY ACT (HIPAA) Abstract This paper will explain what HIPAA is, a brief history and background of it; why it is so important, what are the rules, who is protected, who needs to follow the rules and who does not, who can see the patent information, and what kind of right the patent has. In general, this paper will cover and the importance of HIPAA, and the impacts that have on consumers and providers. This paper examines Mark A. Rothstein (2013) The Federal Register published the Department
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One of the significant changes within the health care is the health information system that digitized the collection of medical records, namely Electronic Medical Record (EMR). This breakthrough allows the clinicians to store current and historical documentation about the patient’s medical history, referrals, tests, and treatments. As Sade (2013) noted about EMR, “they contain large amounts of highly detailed clinical information about patients in an extremely compact form that can be easily stored
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Facebook to Snapchat, once a person agrees to their terms and conditions they agree to be subject to any rules these companies deem fit. This means companies like Facebook and Snapchat have the ability to amass a plethora of information about its users and even have enough information to create a personalized profile of your usage and activity. While there is not a ban on such practices, the FTC has a set of four principles for data privacy. The FTC advises companies to apply these rules when creating
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individual patient to have personal, identifiable medical information kept private.” (http://www.ceus-nursing.com/courses/material_detail). This information should only be shared with the physician, nurse and other members of the health care team. The imperative of confidentiality can be traced back to the Hippocratic Oath not to reveal secrets, and to the Nightingale Pledge. “I will do all in my power to elevate the standard of my profession and will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to
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executives and engineers have had a hard time keeping media websites up to par with the expectations of the public and keeping people interested as well as making sure they are updating security features too. The lack of care for other people’s personal information it feels like in a sense, have created a few current and potentially fatal future problems for these social networking sites. Unfair and/or undefined privacy laws, the hacking of user profiles, and the lack of technological advancement used
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Workplace Ethical Dilemma Elizabeth Tirado BSHS/332 February 4, 2013 Kathleen Roberts Workplace Ethical Dilemma I have often thought of myself as a good person. My parents raised me to respect my elders, be kind to animals and children, and to say always please. These are good qualities for a person to have, but it is important to know why people have these qualities. Showing common courtesy to someone may make an impact in that person’s day, but in the workplace common courtesy, especially
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Fuentes HCS/335 May 4, 2015 Christine Singel Administrative Ethics Portable digital devices, such as smart phones, tablets, and netbooks, now permeate our society. These devices allow substantial efficiencies in access to and communication of information by health professionals. The efficiencies and conveniences of mobile communication are even more astonishing in that they have become accepted and expected aspects of everyday life within a very brief time period (Taube, 2013). In today’s world
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Consideration in Healthcare A1. Addendum Addendum: Access to Information: Shadow Chart Policies Shadow charts are used to gather information for ancillary department that need to access some of part of a patients file. All informations in shadow charts should be copies and all original records should always remain in the patients primary chart. The patients main chart must contain the most up to date information and be available to any department that may need access to it
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