Introduction: This paper will go into the history‚ need‚ challenges and where we are now with Health Information Exchange. What is a HIE? A health information exchange (HIE) is a safe computer network that links the electronic health information systems of different health care providers‚ permitting those providers to share clinical and demographic data of patients they have in common. HIE provides the ability to electronically move health care information between various systems while maintaining
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do no harm. A violation of HIPAA can be verbal or electronic. An example of a electronic violation of the Hippocratic oath is when you are on your computer looking at a patients files. In the middle of looking through the files you get called because you are needed in another room and you do not close out the files. Anyone in your office or that walks by your office can potentially see those patient files you were looking tough. An example of a verbal violation of HIPAA is when you are on the phone
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How confident are U.S. hospitals‚ nursing homes‚ and physicians’ offices that their staff would appropriately deny patient information to an unknown caller? Too often‚ unauthorized people succeed in extracting protected information from health care providers. Invasion of privacy also affects noncelebrities‚ when anyone seeks health information the patient has not chosen to share. More often‚ though‚ scam artists seek patients’ billing information for financial gain. The patient’s insurance identifier
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Hospitals are entrusted with someone’s most important information including social security numbers and our medical information on the premise that they are secure‚ but as the technology evolves so does the risk from hackers gaining access to that information. With the increasingly technological society the world is becoming‚ how dangerous is hacking becoming? Medical records are often either held for ransom with ransomware or even just taken from hospitals without the hospital knowing. These medical
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Understanding Work Related Injuries Felecia Burse HCR/230 October 3‚ 2012 Benita Fisher Workers compensation is insurance that a employer provides coverage for employees who have suffered an injury or illness resulting from job related duties‚ the coverage include medical and rehabilitation cost and loss of wages‚ the insurance can be purchased from a licensed insurance company by the employer‚ if a employee dies because of a work related injury or illness those considered to
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Scenario 5 The nursing assistant posts a picture of her favorite patient on Facebook. Legal‚ HIPAA violation Scenario 6 The nursing assistant forgets to dispose of notes regarding his patients before he leaves work. The notes fall out of his uniform pocket onto the Circle K parking lot. The nursing assistant drives away without recognizing that he is missing his notes. Legal‚ HIPAA violation Scenario 7 A nursing assistant roughly hurries a resident to the bathroom resulting
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with computer charting we have to be very careful not to look at charts of patients that we are not taking care of. With the user sign on it is easy to determine who was looking at different charts which can cause a HIPAA violation. HIPAA compliance According to Summary of the HIPAA Security Rule • Specifically‚ covered entities must: • • • • Ensure the confidentiality‚ integrity‚ and availability of all e-PHI they create‚ receive‚ maintain or transmit; Identify and protect against reasonably
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ADA‚ it would have to be kept separate outside of employee records. If employers vaccinated on the site‚ all health information would require employees to release the information under HIPAA guidelines. Many hospitals require nurses to wear masks if refusing the flu vaccine‚ however‚ this practice violates HIPAA because the nurses refusing are patients and now everyone knows they’re not vaccinated and this violates patient
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References: Bacon‚ G. V. (1997). Legislative activity: HIPAA and recommendations to protect individual privacy. Journal Of Law‚ Medicine & Ethics‚ 25(4)‚ 316. Retrieved January 2‚ 2011‚ from EBSCOhost. Lester‚ W. T.‚ Zai‚ A. H.‚ Grant‚ R. W.‚ & Chueh‚ H. C. (2008). Designing healthcare information
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Behind the Appointment: Challenges Facing Mental Health Professionals A majority of people will face some mental health issue at one point or another‚ however those that deal with things like chronic depression‚ anxiety‚ or possibly worse‚ are often disregarded and overlooked in society. This leaves many individuals searching for someone to help them work through their issues‚ meaning mental health counselors can become a crutch for some patients. As one could imagine‚ this is both an emotionally
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