Confidentiality in Health Care Abstract The Health Information Portability Accountability Act was enacted to prevent patient’s private health information from being disclosed without authorization. The Health Information Portability Accountability Act has different sections which define what covered entities are‚ and explain what minimum necessity is in relation to patient’s private health information. This paper also discusses what the penalties may be for different types of private health information
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Among the many administrative responsibilities that a medical assistant has‚ patient confidentiality is one of the most crucial aspects of working in a hospital or clinic. In the scenario presented for this assignment‚ an employee sees a fellow assistant looking at the medical record of a patient who has recently been on the news for accused child abuse. Upon inquiry‚ the assistant claims that they must have opened the wrong file – their hesitant reaction to being questioned is an indication of disingenuous
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In the nursing profession‚ keeping patient confidentiality is of the upmost concern. It is an important feature of the nurse -patient relationship and must be maintain as basis of providing care. Confidentiality is described as respecting other people’s secret and keeping security information gathered from individuals in the privileged circumstances of a professional relationship. (Lee and Godbold ‚ 2012). The privacy act offer nurses some flexibility in using professional opinion regarding disclosure
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Providing Care for Looked after Children Arrangements made for good quality care At the end of March 2011‚ there were 65‚520 looked-after children and young people in England and therefore many professionals are needed to keep up a good quality of care for every single child who is to be looked after. The health and wellbeing of looked-after children and young people (their physical health‚ social‚ educational and emotional wellbeing)‚ comes from their quality of life and/or care. Some looked-after
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Gloria J. Jones 1228 Oakridge Plantation Road Hephzibah‚ Georgia 30815 Student Number 21058176 Course Title (Confidentiality in Allied Health) Graded project number (02302800) (1) Yes‚ medical records should be corrected by the same individual that made the error‚ however when correcting the records do not erase or whiteout any information. First draw a straight line down the center so the information still can be read‚ next put in the corrections date‚ time‚ and initial. (2)
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campaign‚ the New Zealand government used a social marketing framework. Audience-driven approach is used to change behavior. Second‚ rather than just targeting individuals‚ they creates environment to support desired behavior. At the same time‚ they had a good research and on-going evaluation. Different campaign tools were set up in this social campaign. For example‚ the TV advertisements were at a national level and it is supported by the whole society such as the Navy and the National Defense (Appendix
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Providing Services When Threat May Exist Monique Reed BSHS/408 February 15‚ 2015 Melinda Barker Providing Services When Threat May Exist Working with children can be difficult and time consuming because you never know what is going on unless they allow you into their world. Children will only allow a stranger in if they are scared of someone‚ have trust‚ or they know you well. This can serve as a difficult situation when a child is the victim of abuse or neglect and the outcome can lead to a negative
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The importance of patient confidentiality in health care setting The purpose of this assignment is to explore the importance of patient confidentiality. This assignment will define and discuss the values of confidentiality in general and in mental health care setting. It will highlight its importance in individual decisions to seek health care services. Each profession that provides health care embraces confidentiality as a core principle therefore‚ the legal framework and ethical issues of governing
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AO1- The rights of service users when accessing services The rights of service users when accessing services is what service users are entitled to when using the service. The care value base is a set of guidelines that all organisations in health and social care professionals have to follow that promotes service users rights and ensures they are met. Care values are regulations on how the service worker should treat service users. There are five different care values: - Promoting Anti-Discriminatory
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Annejelica Joyce Tan Pretending is okay Life is full of choices‚ full of situations. Where sometimes all our way to run away is by pretending. Pretending is one way of escaping. People tend to pretend when they are trapped in two situation and they need to pretend to escape. Pretending is also one way not to hurt people. For example: there are instances that in a family that the father does not love her wife anymore. But they have their children and he wants to remain with his family because
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