and drug abuse records were inadvertently left accessible via the internet. Fifty patients were affected. This case presents a prime example of privacy violation. The Federal privacy rule 42 CFR, part 2 mandated addition privacy protection for any health record that is generated in the treatment of patients in the federal alcohol and drug program (Hughes, 2002). The HIPAA privacy rule dictates that healthcare organizations must not disclose any identifying patient information, or alert any entity
Instructor- M. Femi. Ayadi, Ph.D. Table of contents • Introduction • Abstract • Economic impact of HIV on USA health care • Economic impact of HIV on patient and community • conclusion HIV/AIDS AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT ON USA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM Introduction –HIV, Human immune deficiency virus which started in late mid 90s has already devastated many people causing great economic impact on their families, communities and health care systems. In USA the first HIV patient was diagnosed in 1981 after which
Reduce Health Disparities Government and organizations must change the social and economic situation of the poor so that health and prosperity reaches all peoples and not just a few. Market condition should not just favor the rich but training, employment, education and health access should be widened to benefit the low income people. Personal choice and responsibility play a key role in attaining and maintaining health. However, the choices people make depend on the choices they have. There
Response to P. Harris, WK 8: What do health care economics have to do with you as you provide patient care? Heath care economics are an importance nuance of patient care that all members of the health care team must consider. More and more patient care is becoming a satisfaction based institution. Hospitals are having funding pulled for having low patient satisfaction scores. Conversely, Medicare offers hospitals additional funding for having high patient scores. To prevent lack of funding that
Organizational Information Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) is a group of 13 hospitals located within Illinois and Wisconsin. While run under the guidance of the HSHS governance board, the hospital is divided into four divisions. Each division works with the system office located in Springfield, Illinois. While each division is governed by the system office, they also have their own governing board that enables each division to make decisions that will be beneficial to their demographic area
main research questions. First, how is a family’s economic deprivation influential to children? And second, how does timing and duration of family economic deprivation impact the development of children? Key Research Findings: The article states that family income is the most dominant factor of a child’s cognitive development out of all other conventional measures such as ethnicity, female headship or maternal education. However income and economic status only has a faint connection and cannot be
The patient’s growing data and information is the forefront of clinical information systems; with the use of the electronic medical record (EMR), electronic health record (EHR), and electronic personal health record (ePHR) have been the beginning of the movement into the integration and use of clinical health information systems (Reilly & Polifroni, 2011). As these technologies are being implemented into the everyday interaction that patients have with the healthcare delivery system, government laws
the global economic transformation immediately following the Industrial Revolution and its relationship with the ever-widening economic, social, and political gaps of the world today. The consequence of industrialization have manifested itself in the form of environmental degradation, ecological extinction, and sea level changes. Even though the reality of global climate change has been a heated topic of political debate, air and water pollution and their adverse effects on human health is a solid
Currently in the United States, acquisition of affordable health insurance plans through employers and private corporations is one of the main topics in the political landscape between liberals and conservatives. The traditional way of obtaining health insurance is either by subtracting a certain amount of payout from one’s salary/paycheck or pay out of pocket. However, many people do not have access to health care because of the high costs associated with poor insurance plans that require individuals
The three most important indicators of economic health are output, employment and inflation. Output is one of the indicators because if a country is producing more output, then less people would be unemployed which leads to a healthier economy. Employment contributes to the indication of economic health because when more people are employed then more output can be produced contributing to Gross State Product. Inflation is an indication because it determines how much real value is being lost(Graham)