How HIPPA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process Kristie Casey-Close HCR/220 September 8, 2010 Pamela Kerby Since the discovery of the viruses that cause Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the early 1980s by the following doctors Dr. Luc Montagnier of the Pasteur Institute in Paris and Dr. Anthony Gallo at the National Cancer Institute in Washington (Rainey, 2006). There has been much controversy over who discovered HIV/AIDS regardless of whom it was we should just be thankful that it was discovered and is being studied so that one day we can find a cure. It is thought that more than one million people are living with HIV in the United States, worldwide at the end of 2007 there was an estimated 33.0 million people living with HIV (Avert, 2009). Since the HIV/AIDS was discovered and brought to be an epidemic there has been over half a million people that have died from complications associated with AIDS- the equivalent of Las Vegas (Avert, 2009).There are approximately 56,000 new HIV infections a year in the United States. HIPPA has found a way to ensure the confidentially of the all people with medical conditions especially those that are suffering with the ever contagious HIV/AIDS (Avert, 2009).
Resolution: All Animal Testing Should Be Banned Team: Opposition I have one word for you, Polio. The Polio virus is an infectious viral disease that can occur at any age and affects a person's nervous system. In the late 1940s to the early 1950s, polio crippled an average of more than 35,000 people in the United States each year; it was one of the most feared diseases of the twentieth century. Thanks to the effective vaccine, the United States has been polio-free since 1979. How did we develop this life saving vaccine?
The diagnosis of mono is confirmed by blood tests. People who have had mono can continue to shed virus particles in their saliva during reactivations of the viral infection throughout their lifetime. Vigorous contact sports should be avoided in the illness and recovery phase to prevent rupture of the spleen. Infectious mononucleosis, "mono," "kissing disease," and glandular fever are all terms popularly used for the very common infection caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). The characteristic symptoms of infection with EBV include fever, fatigue, malaise, and sore throat.
He also proved that these spores could then develop into the anthrax germ and could infect other animals. The difference between the two brilliant scientists being that only Koch proved his theories right every time. Pasteur's research also showed that the growth of micro-organisms was responsible for spoiling beverages, such as beer, wine and milk. With this established, he invented a process in which liquids such as milk were heated to kill most bacteria and moulds already present within them. This process was soon afterwards known as pasteurization.
Fourth, it established procedures whereby formal export licensing controls would be placed upon a very limited number of "extremely hazardous substances" that represented a serious threat to human health or the environment, and the export of which would threaten U.S. foreign policy interests. Export licenses for such substances would be granted only in "exceptional cases" where the importing country when fully informed, had no objection.” (Scherr, 1982) Soon after when Reagan took the Presidency, he revoked this order, and the tears since the U.S. government has given the exporters of hazardous products a free pass to do so, and has led to the double standards we have today in health and trade issues. This has created what is referred to as the “The Boomerang Dump”, chemicals that are found in our foods that are imported from
The Speckled Monster by Jennifer Lee Carrell is a tale of civilization's struggle with the devastating epidemic of smallpox. Two simultaneous stories taking place worlds apart tell of two heroes' efforts to get the upperhand on this dreadful disease. In the early 1700's in London, the smallpox epidemic was running strong as this particular city provides a wonderful breeding ground for the disease. London is a port city which is a suitable entryway for the disease to come and go as it pleases. Once back on land, smallpox is free to spread with from unsuspecting person to unsuspecting person as the high population density of London provides less travel distance between hosts.
The second writing technique that the author uses is historical. When it comes to talk about history that polio creates, it is important to mention historic facts. For example, in the Unites States, polio struck down nearly 58,000 children in 1952 alone (paragraph 30). Also, in 1961, thirty years after Albert Sabin began studying polio; his oral vaccine was introduced in the Unites States and distributed widely. In the nearly forty years since, polio has been eradicated in the western Hemisphere, The World Health Organization reported, adding that with a full scale effort, polio could be eliminated from the rest of the world by the
Likewise, during the 20th century, when health officials have found victims of typhoid, they offered them related treatments and instead of isolating from the community, they respected their freedom and suggest them to avoid contact with others so they can stop transmitting typhoid to others. ---------In the event of an infectious emergency, most of the time the public health system is successful in controlling the situation, but in some cases they do fail as well. In 1947, a free mass vaccination effort was authorized by the New York City Health Department, which resulted in a lower mortality rate in New York City. In “‘BE SAFE.BE SURE.’: New York City’s Experience with Epidemic Smallpox”, Judith Walzer Leavitt explains, “ the Board of Health had learned to value citizen cooperation and to seek it in broadly acceptable ways, largely through publicity and convincing arguments” (415). The public health officials had spread the awareness about smallpox vaccination in New
Any moral issue concerning dumping can be justified. According to William Shaw, US recall all pajamas containing chemical Tris because it causes cancer to the children. In this case, numbers of small companies which made the
We have already stopped Joe Camel so we will use our experience with him to apprehend “The Killer Clown”. Forty years ago lung cancer and other diseases plagued the United States, creating a major health problem. So in 1965 the U.S. Congress came up with the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, which banned all advertising of cigarettes in the broadcast media, and also required a health warning on all tobacco products. Four years later the Congress created the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, which banned smoking in certain places, made buying cigarettes harder for children, and also significantly increased excise taxes on tobacco (Engelhard). These Acts where put into place because the health of the American people was at stake and in my opinion this is what needs to be done to fast food.