Medlantic filed a motion for judgment arguing that Doe’s claims were barred by the statute of limitations. The trial court granted Medlantic’s motion and Doe appealed ("Doe v. Medlantic Health," 2012). I personally believe that the patient’s confidentiality was violated. He went to a well known facility to obtain medical attention for a health condition he had and had faith that his personal information would remain private. No matter what Tijuana’s job was at the hospital, she went into personal, confidential records and obtained damaging information.
Monitoring the release of patient information is extremely important, especially now with the HIPAA Laws. If I was in his situation, I would not release information to anyone regarding any of my patients unless the patient has signed the proper consent for HIPAA and all of the steps have been taken to make sure that they only receive the information that is necessary. Some of his patients may have had hereditary, cultural, and environmental influences that impacted their behavior when making the decision to let Kevorkian assist them with suicide. Someone that is very religious may be against this because they would feel that only God is in control of what happens to us and we are not supposed to play his role in deciding when our lives end. There are some cultures that do not believe in suffering and that it is ok to end your life when it gets to that
In the case of “Jane Doe”, a kidney transplant patient, complete disclosure of risks about her procedure was not given. This failure to inform the patient led to her contracting not only hepatitis, but also HIV. The report claims, “Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network in Elmhurst and the University of Chicago both knew the kidney donor was high-risk and did not inform the patient” (Vaughn 152). The physicians did not inform her of the risks of her new kidney transplant. Without this knowledge, Jane Doe gave what she believed was her informed consent for the surgery, which consequently violated her right to self-determination and did her extreme harm rather than good.
Research has proven that neither patients nor doctors are taking unreasonable advantage of the doctor assisted suicide laws in place in Washington and Oregon. As far as the law leading to the deaths of the poor and disadvantaged, this has been proven not to be true; it is just pure speculation. The laws allowing doctors to assist with suicide for the terminally ill will prevent the failed attempts that some physicians are trying to perform at this time. With all of the medical advances in the world today, making it possible for the terminally ill to live much longer, there needs to be an option for the patient. Doctor assisted suicide definitely needs to be legalized in all of the states in America.
The form even allows anyone in the medical field to look at your chart. The form is called Patient Release Information form. In this case, how would you be able to correct your error and provide the missing documents to the patient while still protecting patient confidentiality under HIPAA? Since the patient in this case left his papers at the office when he left, you would have to get in his file, find his phone number, and call him to tell him that he left his documents there at the office. If the patient does not answer, you would have to leave a message for him to the office back .You never give anybody’s information out to someone else.
Ethical dilemmas arise one being the Lacks family had no idea that a sample of her tumour had been taken and sent to George Gey. In chapter three, Henrietta goes for her diagnosis and treatment and signs an operation permit form. I agree Dr. TeLinde’s research was important but not justifiable because he did not properly let his patient be conscious that her cells would be used. One questions whether or not appropriate consent was given because there was not any proper consent. I believe at least letting Henrietta know what they were doing would be the ethical thing to do.
Whereas, the dividing line between those HIPAA violations and the potentiality of privacy breaches, data or information security and intent are murky, this incidence necessitates action (Vivian, 2009). “ Rationale for Actions Snooping and Breaches This case is not so dissimilar from that of Kaiser Permanente’s Bellflower hospital. Rather, it reflects many of the same actions. (Vivian, 2009) After all, Bellflower Hospital failed to keep its employees from snooping in “the medical records of Nadya Suleman, the mother who set off a media frenzy after giving birth to octuplets in January 2009.” Yet, this security breach at this hospital, resultant of personnel snooping and/or record discovery, was only one of several cases at this hospital (2009). To this end, the HHS revealed it discovered five
It could also work the other way too that the service user may come to harm at the hands of my partner while I’m not there. Everybody has the right to be safe and if anything happened to either one of them i could be prosecuted for neglect. Another example could be If i was writing up the medical records or notes of a patient/service user and i was called away to do something i should always make sure i lock them safely away or lock the door behind me then nobody can get into that room and see the files. If i didn’t and that was to happen id of broken the laws that fall under the Data Protection Act 1998 as nobody but relevant people should be able to see this information. The patient’s confidentiality would be breached and the "Access to Personal Files Act 1987" & the "Confidentiality of Personal Information Act 1998" would also have been
You suspect that a flaw in the manufacturing process has resulted in contamination of the formula in a small number of cases. This contamination can result in serious illness, even death. You have been told by your supervisor that everything is under control and warned that if you blow the whistle by going public, you will be putting the entire company in jeopardy from multimillion- dollar lawsuits. You will naturally be fired and blackballed in the industry. As the sole provider in your household, your family depends on you.
I was not aware that several individuals were not obtaining the care they require for the reason they could not pay for it and couldn’t find insurance. The biggest influence is the health care price, health care entrance, and the consequences from it (Wood, R., 2009, p. 1). I’ve knowledge that breaking the HIPAA policies can result in punishment along with the government laws. Role of Technology Technology will perform a big position in the medical business from security, new services ideas and diagnosing patients, contacting patients and keeping touch. It will assist to make sure the obedience in the legal condition of health care and it will assist to decreased the costs and provide a superior care than before (Finnegan, 2012) Technology will assist with more communication services, electronic medical records, and more computers doctors order entry solutions and many more things than before (Finnegan, 2012).