Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

everyone’s curious ears. Besides, revealing private health information to others is against the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. That is to say, the HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes standards in order to provide protection for an individual's medical records, as well as, other personal health information. For instance, if the patient being cared for realized that their private medical records or other personal health information is no longer kept private, they…

Security and Payments: - This part plays an important role in in E-business systems during an online transaction providing security is more important to that website and site should be user friendly. So, that it will increase the reputation of an organisation and more products will be sold and organisation can gain more profits. If you didn’t provide security to an E-business website customers may lose faith. Here are few of the specifications for safe transactions. Availability integrity and…

admissions. Donna refuses to sign a release for current health care professionals to talk with previous providers. Mandy was admitted and discharged several times…

In 1996, in response to the evolution of healthcare and information, the ethics and professional practice of social work was further defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA, Title II). HIPAA set forth new standards in the handling of protected health care information. The Act specifically addresses electronic healthcare information, privacy, security, breach notification, compliance and enforcement and patient safety. (CITE Last name, Year)…

supervisory role and within the social work practice. The supervisor meeting with supervisees can consist of information about the client. Videoconference supervisor typically includes the client’s protected health information (PHI), which falls under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) (Rousmaniere, Abbass, & Frederickson, 2014). If the videoconference is not “secure” by HIPPA, it poses a risk of the client’s confidential information being compromised (Rousmaniere,…

choice. In abortion the fetus’ autonomy is taken away. Each nurse must make the ethical decision to partake in the procedure of abortion or not. The fetus autonomy is taken away in abortion. As healthcare workers we must strive to improve our patient’s health.…

counselor will not be excused from breaking the law simply because they were unaware of the legal requirements. Some important legal guidelines to consider when working on treatment plans for clients might be confidentiality, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), and malpractice. It is important for a counselor to be aware of the legal requirements of confidentiality. According to Corey, Corey, Corey, and Callahan, there are ethical and legal obligations a counselor must…

In the United States organs are not easy things to come by. As each year comes and goes, more and more people stay on waiting lists for donations that could potentially save their lives. While organ donation is a controversial topic, it does not shield the need for more donations to be made. Some view organ donation as something that should be voluntary but unfortunately there are not enough people coming forward for it to stay this way. Organ donation should be an unawarded mandated practice in…

Research Question and Objectives Before moving into further interpretation of the study results and their implications, it is important to revisit the research question and the research objectives posed within this study. The research question was formulated to explore the central phenomenon related to the identified social problem—the potential risk of medical marijuana use by vulnerable populations. The research objectives were developed to narrow the scope and guide the specific actions…

Using supervision and consultation to guide professional judgment and behavior. As I was standing in the corner watching everyone it brought back memories to my high school dances. Many of the people there for very aware on how they had to act. There were some though, that had to be reminded to keep things age appropriate, since there were all age groups present. Before the dance started, Phyllis reminded me that this might happen because they are older and are able to make their own decisions…