Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Information System. The external factors are unpredictable because of its uncertainty, in this way it may directly influence the project's effectiveness. In this case, the Reliable Pharmaceutical Service focuses on providing pharmacy services for small health care businesses, therefore, external factors could affect the development of the extranet, which has both positive or negative influence for the productivity. This part will evaluates relevant external factors that have the different…

Abstract Health Information Exchange is tremendously important in the healthcare field. It enables the opportunity for medical staff to be able to share between providers within Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) policy. Thus making hospitals become more efficient and effective with proving quality of care, but it widespread and be able to interoperate depends on patients allowing healthcare providers to be share their health records throughout the world. We must show…

Developed in collaboration with healthcare and information security professionals, the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) Common Security Framework (CSF) is a security framework for protecting health information tailored for the U.S. healthcare industry. The CSF includes and integrates federal and state regulations, standards, and frameworks such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), ISO (International…

result medicine has become more mobile than ever. Currently, almost all current health care professionals are dependent on some form of technology to better serve their patients. In fact, the utilization of mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, or computers for health or medical purposes have all been very successful approaches, and they have ultimately aided health professionals in solving complex medical health concerns (Perera, 2012). For example, mobile technology allows healthcare…

of another person’s work as their own without acknowledgment of their sources. Self-plagiarism is a form of plagiarism that occurs when a person submits his or her own work more than once without citing its origin (Lucker, 2016b). Fabrication is the act of creating data for experiments or research. Trimming is altering data in experiments or research to get desired results (Irwin et al., 2008). Professionals that engage in research misconduct are not in adherence to the ASHA Code of Ethics,…

provide patient care. Administrators typically manage daily patient services, medical equipment in accordance to relevant health regulations. They also continually seek ways to improve healthcare service delivery. Information Management Responsibilities Healthcare administrators lead medical organizations through the many innovative developments designed to improve health services. When implementing changes, these professionals must analyze how new…

implemented such success for healthcare would be Health Information Technology (HIT). HIT can generally be described as applications of certain types of technology and information processing using both computer software and hardware for the entry, storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of health care information. (BOOK) Health information technology generally includes three types of advanced technology, which are electronic health records (EHRs), personal health records (PHRs), and E-prescribing…

The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007: An Analysis of the Proposed Changes presents a policy analysis of the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007. It focuses mainly on the impact of the new legislation in comparison to the existing state parity laws. 54 million Americans are impacted by mental health issues each year costing the United States nearly $100 billion dollars annually (Marth, 2009). In relation to mental health coverage prior to the new legislations, individuals did not receive coverage…

Introduction Over the years, the healthcare in the U.S. has struggled with how to maintain patient health information and how to keep it safe and private. The HIM (Health Information Management) industry can be traced back to the 1920s, when healthcare professionals realized that patient caring would be more effective for both the provider and the patient. Documentation became popular and was used throughout the U.S. after healthcare providers realized that it was impossible to treat the…

Ethical Principles In both fields of community health and physical therapy the ethical principles used are similar and may coincide. The first characteristic that I believe would be useful in these fields is leadership. This allows for better developments and improvements. A main few main principles to understand and practice are autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence. Autonomy is important for both community health workers and physical therapists to understand because it is their job to…