007-3.2 Explain the potential impact of an out break of infection on the individual and the organisation. Impact on the organisation: There would be potentially huge cost implications on an organisation with regards to staff sickness levels rising, causing the need to employ more staff which they will be paying to cover in addition to staff that are off sick ,and patients needing hospitalisation. Patients may require to have longer stays in hospital causing a shortage of beds for other patients. Hospitals, units and wards could all face closure short term or long term. The organisation could also be fined by not complying with the law which would have a negative effect with exposure in the media.
c) I don’t believe my organization complies with all of the requirements because I don’t work so this does not apply. d) No one is responsible in my organization to make sure these compliance laws are met because once again I do not work so this does not apply. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): a) It is important because it helps everyone out in a time of need and also keeps personal information safe from the public unless authorized. b) It impacts your IT environment because it lets everyone know what is supposed to be private or what how they are protected in a time of need. c) I don’t believe my organization complies with all of the requirements because I don’t work so this does not apply.
Gabor states “No drugs, in itself, are addictive.” This means that it is not the drug that causes the addiction, it is why the people are doing the drugs in the first place, and the way it makes them feel. If people grow up in an abusive household and have never experienced a “warm, soft hug”(305), they turn to drugs because it will give them that feeling. Although some may agree with Mate’s argument, the ways in which he gives his evidence and examples lacks all the necessary information needed in order to make a decision on whether you agree or disagree with his argument. In paragraph four Mate uses a scientific example saying, “Only about 8 per cent to 15 per cent of people who try, say alcohol or marijuana, go on to addictive use.” (305) While this statistic may be true, it is difficult to report on how many of those people of that eight to fifteen per cent are using it because they simply have an addictive personality. For Mate to say that all addictive drug use is caused from neglect issues is not accurate because he does not account for the people who do drugs because they want to.
John Parker Professor Duncan Criminology 3 December 2012 Va Tech Massacre 1. Is there any value in trying to discover why this event happened? Personally finding out why Cho committed this tragedy would not change the way of things in the slightest. For example, if the reason for Cho committing the massacre was that he was bullied it wouldn’t have a value. The most that our society can do it say don’t bully other people, which I have personally experienced does not mean that people will not bully others.
Name: Schamael Bassette Course: HSM410 Topic: Privacy Rules of HIPAA for Consumers - Impermissible uses and disclosures It is a very serious matter when medical information is in the wrong hand. One may never know the chaos this may cause until it happens. Medical information is private and should be handled properly. In other to aid consumers and entities the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information also known as the Privacy Rule was established in 1996. This act was implemented as a set of national standards for the protection of certain health information.
This is an unfortunate event for the patient and any health care team member. A breach in confidentiality goes against the HIPAA privacy rule and has severe consequences. First, the patient is affected because they feel like it’s the hospital’s fault for the leak in their health information. The patient feels betrayed and loses all trust in the facility. This causes a potential loss of business from the patient and whoever the patient tells about the incident.
: witch doctors, prayer, isolation, herbs and other non- traditional methods. The cost of paying for a doctor in early America, weighed heavy on whether a family would call on a doctor. Many people died or illnesses went without being adequately treated.Health care in early America looked nothing like today, but the issues surrounding access to healthcare are similar. The danger of diseases such as smallpox, measles, consumption, the common cold and the cost associated with its prevention or cure was at the forefront of many debates. Health epidemics forced early America to gravel with the question of the government’s role in the nation's health.
Discuss the following a. Qui tam is known as whistleblower suits. In qui tam action a relator with personal knowledge of a fraud brings the suit against a defendant of behalf of the government. The knowledge with which the relator brings a qui tam action must be public knowledge but information that would not otherwise be available without the qui tam suit. b. HIPAA Privacy rule is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. HIPAA was enacted to improve the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare system by encouraging the development of a health information system through the establishment of standards and requirements for the electronics transmission of certain health information.
It was apparent that health care organizations would benefit from the use of this technology. This sparked a congressional concern about the transferability and portability of patient’s health coverage. This brought several issues pertaining to the transmission of health care information to light. “In order to increase the efficiency, effectiveness and cost savings through the use of electronic data interchange in the health care industry, Congress passed legislation,” (Privacy and HIPPA Information, n.d.). With this, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 was signed into law on August 21, 1996.
It was founded in 1996 and the goal of HIPAA is to protect the privacy of both the patient and their records. HIPAA is a regulation that all in the health care industry many apply to and must go through training for.” (WHAT IS HIPAA, n.d.). I learn that ALL MUST APPLY to HIPAA rules and regulations. It is a serious offense when someone does not comply. Why is this information important?