Legal Ethics of E-Mail and Social Media and Its Applicability to the Healthcare Industry Consequences of Social Media p.3 Perils of Building an Online Network p.6 Caution with Employee Email Accounts p.8 Issues when Endorsing other Companies Continue Reading...
Policy Communication: HITECH ACT Health policy communication: HITECH Act Policy description Part of the 2009 U.S. Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) are the provisions of HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health), a Continue Reading...
Health Information Exchange BOON OR BANE? Health Information Exchange in the U.S. The Guidelines Benefits Privacy and Security Challenges and Strategies Why Clinicians Use or Don't Use HIE Doctors' Opinion on HIE Consumer Preferences around Continue Reading...
A1. Advantages and Disadvantages of a System All health information systems (HIS) come with great advantages and some disadvantages that must be taken in account to keep patients safe. A HIS is a system that captures, retains information, and helps m Continue Reading...
Portability vs. Privacy Electronic Medical Records (EMR) refers to the digital version of papers containing all the medical history of a patient. EMRs are mostly applied in healthcare institutions for treatment and diagnosis. Benefits of Electroni Continue Reading...
Coordination of Care at Nursing HomesOverviewOne of the key ethical issues affecting the coordination and continuum of care for a nursing home community organization is the question of informed consent. Informed consent is important because it ensure Continue Reading...
Technical Security Recommendations for ABC Healthcare IT Infrastructures ABC Healthcare has been facing a multitude of challenges ranging from the security of the IT infrastructures to the compliance of regulatory policies. In the United States, the Continue Reading...
Health Information Management SystemSelecting and implementing an EMR system involves a range of stakeholders, adherence to regulatory standards, and significant financial investment. This paper discusses the various aspects of this process, includin Continue Reading...
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates the nation's largest healthcare system through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), including 152 medical centers (VA Continue Reading...
Very High - IPSec works at the protocol level, independent of applications, therefore scalability is best-in-class Comparing the technological and operational benefits specifically in the areas of client access options, access control, client-side Continue Reading...
Security in Healthcare The recent advances in technology -- databases that store personal medical records and information -- are bringing tools to patients, doctors and other healthcare professionals that were simply not available just a few years Continue Reading...
Introduction The advent of advanced communication technology platforms such as smartphones and social media sites has made global communication fast and effective. Seamless flow and exchange of information has been quite fundamental in the growth of Continue Reading...
Conceptual Relevance of Integrative Studies in a Healthcare Career This course has been tremendously helpful to anybody anticipating a career in any form of health care or health care-related industries and services. It is obvious that it is no lo Continue Reading...
For the patient, there are equally negative consequences, such as medical identity theft, financial loss and potential damage to their health. Medical identity theft can result in erroneous entries to the patient's health care records, which can aff Continue Reading...
Essay Outline I. Introduction a. Briefly introduce the importance of electronic medical records (EMRs) and the growing concern of cybersecurity within this context. II. The Evolution of Electronic Medical Records a. Continue Reading...
Healthcare Management -- Discussion Questions Communication strategies are very important when it comes to promoting the practice of healthcare delivery and ensuring that customer service is offered at the highest level. If a person does not communi Continue Reading...
Patient care improves when nurses are truly empowered to do their best work. Computerized systems can help nurses to do their jobs even better, cutting out tedious work, allowing them to access information more efficiently and giving them the abilit Continue Reading...
Third Party Patient The Doctrine of Apparent Agency Scenario: June, a 34-year-old divorced woman diagnosed with severe anorexia, is hospitalized. Her doctors feel she may need to be placed on a feeding tube soon to save her life. Initially June ag Continue Reading...
Healthcare Technology gives us more capabilities than we ever had before, and health care organizations need to ensure that their staff members are aware of the regulations surrounding the use of technology in the workplace, both for work-related ac Continue Reading...
We Can, But Dare We?IntroductionEveryone loves to post on social mediabut what happens when one posts information that violates a patients HIPAA rights? Consider this scenario: a healthcare provider gets on social media and posts something about a pa Continue Reading...
Healthcare Regulation Research Regulation is a key aspect in the health care industry. Regulation is necessary to safeguard the public interest. In particular, regulation in the health care industry is all the more significant as it directly impacts Continue Reading...
Violence on College Campuses Virginia Tech could probably have avoided the terrible massacre of 2007 had its officials taken more timely and effective action with Seung Hui Cho. He had a very long record of mental illness dating back to middle schoo Continue Reading...
org/). More specifically, it stated that an individual who is under the care of any health organization, public or private, be it mental or physical health is subject to: (i) procedures of privacy rights. Namely that information regarding his health Continue Reading...
Training Program ProposalTraining is an essential part of customer satisfaction since better-equipped employees would give better services to the customers. The world population has become a consumer of health care, which is considered one of the maj Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership and Management Introduction Nurse handoff communication during shift change is one of the most frequent, though key, nursing duties which provides the basis for delivering safe, reliable care (Eggins & Slade, 2015). Study res Continue Reading...
Based on your research, identify the risks for a hospital that receives Medicare funding and fails to accept a patient who enters through its emergency department needing emergency care. Pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation A Continue Reading...
Optimizing Merged Health Information Systems Although the merger of two comparably sized companies competing in the same industry is a relatively commonplace business strategy, the process is fraught with obstacles and challenges and a significant pe Continue Reading...
To improve security procedures, annual compliance training for all employees is mandated at Humana. Humana has also been praised for its positive organizational attitude in adapting to HIPAA and SOX, although corporate officials acknowledged that s Continue Reading...
international laws or aspects of law that must be adhered to by Riordan and an outline of these steps for employees to adhere to these laws This is written with the intention of creating a plan that incorporates the three-pronged framework of the C Continue Reading...
Discussion Question 2 - Security Awareness Training and IA Training In general, security awareness training consists of periodic classes and online tutorials and related quizzes that promote understanding of the nature of different types of threat Continue Reading...
S. (Krishna, Kelleher, Stahlberg, 2007). The second most critical ethical dilemma impacting healthcare insurance providers continues to be ratings of physicians and the assessment of their skill sets over time (Labig, 2009). As healthcare providers p Continue Reading...
Only those that are supposed to have access to that information would have all of the correct keys to unlocking it. Advanced technology such as retinal scans, or fingerprint matching could be employed at the most sensitive levels. The implementatio Continue Reading...
Case Study: Information Security Issue Macro-view of the Problem The hospital faces a problem of end-user security: sensitive data is vulnerable to exposure in the workplace as the end-user methods of using computers in the hospital are ineffective t Continue Reading...
They are also required to assess and address risks to customer information in all areas of operations, including employee management and training, information systems, and detecting and managing system failures. They must address what information is Continue Reading...
This 1996 Act was part of a Civil Rights concern that as information became more electronically disseminated, it would lead to misuse of that information (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2010). Certainly, one of the benefits of electro Continue Reading...
Integrated Patient Managed-Care Information System Identifying a Cost-Effective Integrated Patient Managed-Care System for Concord Hospital: A Managed-Care White Paper This white paper is provided in response to a request review integrated patient Continue Reading...
The experiences of seniors within the healthcare delivery system will alter how all Americans view healthcare. The healthcare delivery systems and overall organizational structure in the United States has been slow to adjust but that rest of the wo Continue Reading...
Security Breach Case Scenario 1: Security Breach Hospitals have the opportunity and responsibility to integrate sound policies and procedures in relation to the protection of the confidential client information (Rodwin, 2010). St. John's Hospital i Continue Reading...
Safeguarding Health Information: The Importance of Cybersecurity in Healthcare Introduction In today's digital age, the healthcare industry faces unprecedented challenges in ensuring the security and confidentiality of patient information. With Continue Reading...
GBMC Healthcare Hospital. The main issue relates to privacy and confidentiality issues considered essential components of fostering trust between healthcare consumers and providers. The issue arose the GBMC hospital did not strictly follow the rules Continue Reading...
