Access to Information Act

Definition of a crime Crime is a harmful act that violates the law and may be prosecuted by the state. Crime can be an illegal activity, serious wrongdoing and also failure to act or omission. Elements of an offence Offence consists of five elements: 1) The actus reus; 2) The mens rea; 3) A unity of actus reus and mens rea; 4) The causation, which is the fact that the conduct caused something; which 5) Resulted in social harm. For better understanding; Mens Rea also known as 'Guilty Mind’ is

1. Introduction Information has a significant role in the world we currently live in whether in physical form or electronic form. In similar terms, libraries and internet has come into existence with the purpose of providing people with information. Library defines a collection of information for the purpose of reading, viewing, listening, study or reference (Allen, 2000) whereas internet is defined as a huge connection of networks worldwide (Allen, 2000). The purpose of the research is to discuss

moral life, it merely help to clarify what is right or wrong which assists in achieving one’s goal. While moral is about purpose, intention, motive and choice which are either right or wrong in the light of manners and customs. Morality is applied to acts and behavior while ethics is applied to the person. 2. BIOETHICS The research work is on bioethics and medical ethics. Bioethics is an area of philosophy that focuses on ethical issues that comes from biomedical scientific technologies and a subfield

were previously locked in file cabinets it all of a sudden became much easier for a patients information to be transmitted out of the doctor’s office. (HIPAA Privacy Rule and Public Health, 2003) Of course, this was not a bad thing today we all depend on the ability of our records to be easily transmitted when needed from all sorts of agencies and

ultimate duo, protecting health information. So now let me explain the difference between the two. HIPPA was enacted to provide a variety of protections for us and our health insurance. This includes portability, fraud and abuse protections, allowing us to understand our rights. The points we focus on are the privacy, and security rules. HIPPA is what required doctors’ offices to send out privacy rules, lock documents away, and protect all of your personal information.

Unit 204: Equality, diversity and inclusion in work with children and young people Assignment 1 Within a school, equality, diversity and inclusion is very important. It is their duty to make sure all children have equal access to the curriculum. Whether they are a different race, culture, gender or have a special need or disability, it is important that they are supported and have a right to participate and be treated equal; this is known as inclusion. As part of this it is important that schools

Confidentiality can relate to any form of communication that is capable of sharing applicable information about a patient (SRNA, 2011, p. 26). A registered nurse in Saskatchewan is responsible to advocate for any professional, legal or ethical commitments within the health care community (SRNA, 2011, p. 26). As mentioned in the introduction, the registered nurse from Utah, Alex Wubbels, perfected the act of confidentiality and privacy based on the SRNA’s guidelines. Within Appendix C of the SRNA’s

Affordable Care Act (ACA) connected to the EHR. Furthermore, I will describe my facility’s plan and meaningful use. Finally, I will define Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) laws and what is being done by my facility to prevent HIPAA violation. Description of the Electronic Health Record EHRs are computerized versions of patient’s paper charts. EHRs makes the health information about the patient accessible anywhere at any time. EHR holds the pertinent information about a patient’s

HIPAA is the Health insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It became law in 1996. The original intent was to help employees change jobs and keep their health insurance by making their coverage portable. Later, on April 14, 2003 lawmakers broadened the law to include the Privacy Rule. Protected Health Information(PHI) is a HIPAA term, it includes all medical information of an individual. All patients health information is protected no matter what form it is in. PHI can be controlled in many

aware of the children’s online privacy protection act that places parents in control of the type of information that can be collected from young children online. The legislation was designed to protect individuals less than 13 years about the dynamic nature of the internet. The statute applies to commercial websites and online services aiming children under 13 that collects, make use of information and gathers personal information from children. The act also applies to general websites and an online