1.1. Identify legislation and codes pf practice that relate to handling information in social care setting There is a legislation Act called the data protection Act 1995, this gives an individual the right to see all the information recorded about them, this includes the individual seeing their own medical records or social services files. The information Act 2000 amended January 2005 has provided an individual to access general information held by public authorities, including local authorities and the National Health Service. Confidentiality Health and Social Care Act 2000, this is so an individual’s information is kept confidential, unless in some circumstances information is past on. For example if a individual is at risk or if they have been given new medication etc., any other information on a individual should be kept confidential, some locked away just for managers.
You can prevent or reduce workers exposure to hazardous substances by: finding out what the health hazards are; deciding how to prevent harm to health (risk assessment); providing control measures to reduce harm to health; making sure they are used ; keeping all control measures in good working order; providing information, instruction and training for employees and others; providing monitoring and health surveillance in appropriate cases; planning for emergencies. Report of injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences 1995 (RIDDOR): puts duties on employers, the self-employed and people in control of work premises (the Responsible Person) to report serious workplace accidents, occupational diseases and specified dangerous occurrences (near misses). Health and safety First Aid Regulations 1981: came into force on 12 September 1981 and require employers to provide adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities and personnel so that first aid can be given to their employees if they are injured or become ill at work. The aim of first aid is to preserve life and to
al, 2003). A2. Epidemiologically, the rapid spread of the virus can be attributed to health care workers being infected before they were aware to take precautionary measures and international routes of travel affecting large amounts of people in close quarters by carriers who were unaware they were infected (Sampathkumar et. al, 2003). According to the World Health Organization (2003) the most infectivity was from people experiencing symptoms of respiratory illness and declining health (World Health Organization, 2003).
This goal targets the prevention of mortality from health care-associated infections caused by several different drug resistant organisms, surgical related infections, and infections of the bloodstream related to catheter insertion. Catheter insertion requires regular practices that include hand sanitation before catheter operation (Singleton, 2008). The concern of this goal is the prevention of infection. Utilization of hand cleaning guidelines that are provided by the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is required in hospitals. Hospitals must also submit reports of injury and death to patients that result from infections that were acquired while staying in the hospital (2009 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals, 2008).
The CDC organization is in charge of small pox vaccines and we are assuring the citizens that we have a plan to make sure that we distribute these vaccines as soon as possible as needed. Our plans will not only address the issue of the recently talked about small pox but will also include the prevention and control of other diseases such as Anthrax, HIV, Obesity, type 2 diabetes, cigarette smoking. We will also like to create awareness and educate on how our daily life style can cause serious problems to our health. We also want the citizens to know that we will be working with the national security agencies such as the FBI, CIA, and the Department of Homeland
Proper oversight and protection of whistle blowers are two methods used by organizations to prevent them falling victim to fraud. As fraud continues to occur and become more prevalent among home health agencies these type policies need to be implemented to prevent phantom billing, patient billing, up coding or unbundling schemes types of Medicare fraud. Dr. Roy and his associates we recently charged so information on their fraud scheme will continue to be released as the
Hepatitis in the Prison Systems The Silent Killer By Heather Davenport December 6, 2012 The most dangerous thing coming out of the prison these days may be something most convicts don’t even know they have Hepatitis. Adults in correctional facilities are at risk for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection through sex with HBV-infected persons, injection drug use, and sharing of close living quarters with other inmates infected with HBV. A high percentage of prison inmates have Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends Hepatitis B vaccinations for adults in the prison setting because of the increased risk for infection, both inside and outside of prison. The majority of HBV infections among
The privacy rule is a set of national standards for the protection of certain health information. Privacy rules are standards that deal with the use and disclosure of a person’s health information as well as standards for individual’s privacy rights to be able to understand and control their health information. The HIPPA privacy rules directly affect covered entities, health care clearinghouses, healthcare providers who transmit health information in electronic form. The goal of this rule is to introduce, and implement administrative simplifications in order to increase effectiveness of healthcare in the United States, protect health information of individual against access without consent or authorization, while allowing the flow of health information needed to provide and promote high quality healthcare as well as protect the public health and well being. Legislation Analysis Privacy Rules: The privacy requirements limit the release of patient information without the patient’s knowledge and consent beyond that required.
iHCA230 April 13, 2011 Lisa Keener HIPAA Evaluation The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was established in 1996 to protect health care coverage and to increase privacy of personal health care information. HIPAA has pros and cons. The following is a brief description of these pros and cons as perceived by the writer. Pro #1 Consumers of health care have privacy over who is allowed to view their medical history and information. Some individuals have medical information that could be detrimental to being hired or keeping employment if their medical history were available to the hiring organization.
Penalties for Non-Compliance Ceressa Rice DeVry University Penalties for Non-Compliance NIPAA is the act of 1996 of the health insurance accountability and portability. This act is used in protecting the health information of a patient. It provides every patient a right not to make public his or her health information by any medical provider or the people who have access to the health information of the patient. Security has also been put in place to determine the way in which a provider has to administer, handle and protect the information of the patient. Medical providers include people such as the doctors who use the electronic forms to save the patients’ information, the different organizations