Electronic Communications Privacy Act

Meaningful Use (MU) is the process of using electronic health record (EHR) technology in a manner that is meaningful. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid defines MU as “the use of certified electronic health record technology that involves patients and families with health care, improves care coordination, improves population and public health, improves quality, safety, efficiency, and reduces health disparities all the while maintaining privacy and security” (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…

This paper explores the recent electronic surveillance controversy dealing with the U.S. Government’s National Security Administration spying on ordinary civilians. During this paper I will present pro and con arguments dealing with this controversy. I will also explain the social, political, ethical and legal impact of the electronic surveillance on our society. We as Americans are having our private lives monitored by the federal government through unwarranted surveillance. Many Americans were…

social media. Nurses should be aware of potential consequences of accidentally breaching patient’s privacy and confidentiality, or inappropriately engaging with patients online. These consequences vary in severity from termination to time spent in jail. In addition, student nurses should be just as aware because they could get dismissed from their school’s program or worse. Breaching a patient’s privacy and confidentiality can occur unknowingly and unintentionally; this could be because there…

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) epitomizes contemporary conflict in our judicial system. Background of Social Conflict FISC was originally established by Congress as a special court in 1978, and then revolutionized in 2001, however, it only recently became relevant to the general public after “whistleblowing” Edward Snowden exposed the seemingly underground system to American Society in 2015. Even then it, arguably, has not…

Healthcare providers have been tasked with, and are quickly adopting and establishing, electronic health record (EHR) systems due to the mandated federal legislation known as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. In summary, this twenty seven billion dollar piece of legislation was created as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Through incentivizing adoption of EHRs and setting of “Meaningful Use” standards, providers must show…

part of American society since 1791, when the Bill of Rights was ratified. The Bill of Rights includes ten amendments that were supposed to safeguard individual liberty. However, constitutional rights are very limited today. For example, the Patriot Act limits the rights found in the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Civil forfeiture laws limit the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. The death penalty also limits the right to be free from cruel…

conduct. Federal regulations have also backed protecting an individuals right to privacy while using library computers. The central ethical…

the topic of internet privacy. Today, eighty percent of the population of the United States use social media, almost quadruple the amount of people that used about a decade ago (“U.S. Population with a Social Media Profile 2017.”). The issue of privacy is one that affects everyone today. There are many reasons that people fear our digital society, but the are three main factors that people tend to be the most afraid of. The first major perceived infringement on our privacy comes from the…

communicating assessment and keeping proper records in an easy to retrieve manner. Improving nursing profession, therefore requires that certain approaches be mainstreamed into the way knowledge are acquired and nursing activities conducted. In the face of electronic health…

Purpose Electronic Transaction Act 2000  Provides reliable and trustworthy services to people  Provides Internet Intellectual Property Rights protection, consumer protection legislation, and personal data protection. It provides the suitable legal structure to facilitate electronic transactions and communications and it give a new direction to the traditional way of doing e-commerce. It also provides for the legal gratitude and regulation of electronic records, electronic signatures…