Ethical Responsibilities: Avoid Putting Organization at Risk The 1996 HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) helps millions of U.S. employees and family members transfer and carry on with the same healthcare insurance coverage e Continue Reading...
Ethics in a Long-Term Healthcare Business Ethics in the health care industry spans a wide spectrum of activities and most of the obligations are cast by law on the professionals and the second by the common practice and morals of the profession. Bot Continue Reading...
Ethics and the Military As globalism becomes more of a reality, and as various developing countries increase the amount of interaction they do with developed countries, many cultural issues arise. Doing business is not the same worldwide, and as cit Continue Reading...
Housing. Though one's medical health is usually not asked for on a lease application, the landlord might very well look it up, using an online service. One might ask why, but it is similar to the employer's reason: not wanting the tenant complaining Continue Reading...
If the marketing claims to be medically expedient then personal health records may be released. 3. Are there requirements for covered entities to have written privacy policies? If so, what has to be addressed in the policy? Yes, covered entities d Continue Reading...
Privacy, Security, and ConfidentialityJoe\\\'s breach of privacy, security, and confidentiality has to be addressed in order to uphold professional and ethical standards. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandates that p Continue Reading...
But a provider may also "use his/her professional judgment to disclose health information to a parent, even in cases that otherwise meet an exception, as 'necessary to avert a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of the minor'" such a Continue Reading...
Healthcare #1 I believe in evidence-based policy, and on that front there is evidence that the glass ceiling exists. I have no personal anecdotes to tell on the subject, and an individual anecdote is meaningless when discussing broad sociological ph 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...
Title: Ensuring Patient Privacy and Protection: An Overview of HIPAA Regulations Introduction The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted in 1996 with the primary goal of protecting the privacy and security of p Continue Reading...
Introduction The case of publicly traded company TechFite reveals a substantial number of ethically questionable activities being committed by the company’s Applications Divisions. Not only are their accusations of theft of proprietary informat Continue Reading...
Ethics State Regulations and Nursing Standards There's a clear nursing standard of practice that needs to be upheld in this case which is the act of following federal laws, largely the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA). Passed by Congress in 19 Continue Reading...
In that regard, they must promote initial awareness of HIPAA requirements within the organization and conduct comprehensive assessment of existing privacy practices, information security, information safeguarding procedures, and use of electronic tr Continue Reading...
Those entities must also arrange for employee awareness training on HIPAA privacy concepts. They must also provide regular assessment procedures to measure compliance with HIPAA rules and related principles and policies pertaining to the electronic 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...
Nursing Ethics In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, medical technology has advanced enough to provide certain measures to keep the body "alive," but not necessarily the brain or the cognitive functions that make up quality of life (O'Keefe-McC Continue Reading...
" PRIVACY and CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION Protection and safeguarding of information created in the conduct of Lenox Hill Hospital and its affiliates business including patient information, staff data, financial data, research data, strategic plans, Continue Reading...
Reimbursement Ethics and Compliance: Impact of Health Care Reform on Medical Coding and Billing "Medical billing and coding lays the foundation for any successful healthcare provider," yet its common practices are undergoing significant changes unde Continue Reading...
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 provided for the better management of health information as well as increased health coverage for target entities. Of particular emphasis the law has is the privacy and security of Continue Reading...
Against a Radiologist Underlines the Need for Fully Informed Consent From Patients Do you agree with the court's decision? Why or why not? If the diagnosis had been made, the surgeon that did perform the procedure on Mrs. Paul would have been able Continue Reading...
Institutional Code of Ethics Today, the healthcare industry is faced with rising costs, increasing regulation and growing numbers of patients with age-related conditions as the Baby Boomer segment of the U.S. population enters their retirement age. Continue Reading...
Consent & Ethics Complications stemming from patient-counselor interactions remain a key source of ethical violations and complaints. Informed consent is a major issue with a direct bearing on the counselor-patient relationship. In clinical ave Continue Reading...
IRB Process for ProjectThe Institutional Review Board (IRB) process is important for overseeing and making sure of the ethical conduct of research involving human participants. The purpose of the IRB is to review research proposals so that they compl Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Role of Personal Values in Nursing Ethics: This essay could explore the importance of personal values in nursing and how they intersect with professional ethical guidelines. It would discuss the balance between person Continue Reading...
Ethics in Practicing Nursing Nursing ethics is an important part of treating patients. It is important for nurses to understand and abide by the nursing ethical code of conduct. The Health Information Privacy Act (HIPAA) protects the patients' right Continue Reading...
The dilemma is often easier to resolve once those emotions and assumptions are put into their rightful context. For this paper, critical thinking came into play was logic. It is understood that initially the nursing profession had issues with HIPAA Continue Reading...
100). Much of the focus of personnel selection using psychological testing was on new troops enlisting in the military during two world wars and the explosive growth of the private sector thereafter (Scroggins et al., 2008). Psychological testing fo Continue Reading...
Skill Building The course work has immensely improved my reading, writing, and thinking skills. Prior to reading the course materials, there were established beliefs on certain issues and interest in me. For example, the issue of racism and health Continue Reading...
One issue which has gained in public attention in recent years, first with the outbreak of SARS and avian flu, and more recently with the spread of swine flu, is that of public health epidemic. A failure to disclose health concerns properly or to al Continue Reading...
Protections for hardware, software, and data resources. (American Health Information Management Association, 2011, paraphrased) V. Legal and Ethical Issues Security professionals are held responsible for understanding the legal and ethical aspects Continue Reading...
Patient Rights The major objective of informed consent is to give the patient an opportunity play a role in his health care decision. The law requires physicians to get an informed consent of their patients before any medical procedure. The patient Continue Reading...
b. The nurse must ascertain the status of a health care proxy and other mandates by the patients request such as DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) orders, etc. c. The mental stability of the patient may need to be reviewed to ascertain whether such decisio Continue Reading...
It might also involve taking a simple approach to save cash rather than initiating appropriate strategies to increase profits, this is unjust. Increasing premiums despite increasing profit margins at the expense of more uninsured people, as they can Continue Reading...
PHI Security and Privacy Privacy and security is significant for any institution operating under offices because of clients, which prompts for the need of protecting the flowing information. In the context of a hospital, there is need for protecting Continue Reading...
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...
S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011). Furthermore, subpart C explains the privileges and the protections of confidentiality that is attached to the patient's record along with much exception (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Continue Reading...
Marriage and Family Therapy Issues and Ethics in Family Therapy: Psychologist Abraham Maslow once wrote that, 'We may define therapy as a search for value." In providing counseling for our patients not only are we providing a system of healing and Continue Reading...
Professional Roles and Values A good number of patients visiting emergency departments are in a position to make independent decision concerning their care. Nevertheless, a significant proportion of them are extremely incapacitated either mentally o Continue Reading...
Patient Rights and Informed Consent The relevant legal issues at stake in this case are those related to the question of whether Mr. Jones is indeed incompetent and if Mr. Jones is indeed incompetent then what is the authority that should be assign Continue Reading...
