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    a structured interview, following the structured questionnaire. Each participating, will complete an initial health screening conducted by the city medical department. Medical screening will assist in determining if good or poor health is another contributing factor. Each participate must agree to and sign a release form. This will ensure Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)…

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    electronic health records securely (EHR’s) to and from mobile work stations. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act passed by the congress in 1996 also known as HIPPA. This gives patient rights over their health information. Every healthcare organization must follow guidelines laid by HIPPA. The most recent version of HIPAA used in the healthcare industry is 5010. This helps in protecting the Patient Health Information (PHI), medical health records and conduct certain health care…

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    since there is private information such as social security numbers, names and addresses to protect as well as person health conditions that require a strict confidentiality. Though laws have always been put in place to protect patient security, new issues continue to emerge. These problems stem from technology advancements in this sector, and enhance the issue…

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    Health care information is important to handle with care, and anyone with access must ensure the records are protected and remain private. There is more to consider when health care information is being handled, and everyone involved should understand the implications associated with protected health information. The use of ethics when dealing with health care information is vital to determine if proper care is being issued with the information. Whether proper use of the health information is…

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    way of communication and transferring of information. This information goes from the jail to community based programs and allows for ongoing updates of the offender 's progress. This information must be shared responsibly with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) regulations (Warwick, K., Dodd, H., & Neusteter, S. R., 2012). Only relevant information will be shared with the other partners and maintain confidentiality when…

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    As healthcare reform continues to run a fast pace of change and uncertainty throughout the industry, health care administrators are evolving and adapting to new standards to successfully lead their organizations. Ledlow & Coppola (2011), advocate that personality and self assessment has become a piece of the overall picture. Not only are we aware of our own personality archetype, but also gaining some experience with personality assessment before any real-world screening process to reduce…

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    The five elements relating to the establishment of a false claim under the False Claims Act are the government must determine that the claim was submitted falsely and that it was submitted with knowledge. The government must establish the claim was false and submitted knowingly, establish submitted claim to the person with actual knowledge, in considered ignorance, or with reckless disregard for the claim’s falsity, or truth. One of the other elements is that the element must be proven beyond a…

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    What is HIPAA (#1)? HIPAA stands for “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act”, and it was passed by congress in 1996. The act was designed to reform healthcare in such a way that would provide protection to workers who changed or lost their jobs, ensure the confidentiality of patients medical information, and increase efficiency in the healthcare system by standardizing the processes of medical data storage and transmission (Bowers, Donna Par. 1). What is the HIPAA Privacy Rule…

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    Most clinicians handled a number of mental health appointment during their career and has seen a patient file filled with thousands of notes and pages, often time hand written and hard to read. In the past, patient 's folders would be made up with stacks of paper and weighing a few pounds. Patient records sometimes were so bulky that several folders were required to keep information organized. The traditional paper era is now basically done away with, leaving the general practice and purpose of…

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    “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price on a drug to treat infections in AIDS patients by 5,000%, from $13.50 a pill to $750 a pill thus shining a global spotlight on the United States’ precarious healthcare market. Shkreli has become the ogre of healthcare. Yet other companies have jacked up prices just as much as Shkreli did, with no consequences other than soaring stock prices. In September of 2016, the makers of the Epipen (The Epi-pen is only the…

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