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What is the technical term of the document the bank gives to my broker who buys CDs for me I want to see what he is charging me.?
It is simply called a disclosure document.
Is it malpractice if your physician gives out medical information without your consent?
It is not malpractice; however it would be a violation of the Federal HIPAA law (or if not in the USA, the local equivalent patient privacy laws). HIPAA is an acronym for the Health Information Privacy Protection Act. It prohibits medical personnel from divulging certain medical information of patients to others without the patient's consent. If a physician gives out medical information without your consent, he or she would not be guilty of malpractice but would be in violation of federal law. This could subject the physician to penalties and damages - both from the government and potentially from patients if they can show harm from the disclosure. In the EU, the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC also makes it illegal for a doctor to share information without patient consent except in certain limited situations. Most other jurisdictions have similar laws.
If a doctor gives a patient medical file to her attorney including her records about the treatment for HIV is there any violations of hipaa privacy rule that may occur?
Under HIPAA, acting as Covered Entity, the patient's doctor may only give patient records directly to the patient's attorney if the patient signs an Authorization, as defined under HIPAA and descrbed in the doctor's Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP), as required under HIPAA (barring other relationships between the patient and her attorney, eg. if the attorney is a family member and also a Personal Representive, etc.). If however you're saying the doctor gave the record to the doctor's attorney, yes -- that's legal, but with restrictions. The attorney needs to sign a Business Associate's Agreement as defined in HIPAA, basically binding the attorney to maintain the same level of protection of the patient's information that he doctor is bound to under HIPAA. Additionally, if the attorney enters the patient's record into evidence in a trial, a previous agreement with the court must be established, that would seal the patient's records upon completion of the trial, so they don't become public record. HIPAA makes no special provisions for HIV patients. However, State Law very frequently does. HIPAA also includes the proviso that, when State law exists pertaining to medical privacy, the "more strict" law will prevail. By "more strict", HIPAA refers to whichever law more defiitively protects the patient's privacy. As such, State law may exist that would prevent such an exchange of records without additional forms being required, due to the patient's HIV Status, that would in turn activate HIPAA's "more strict" proviso. Note that HIPAA treats Psychotherapy Notessomewhat differently. While other violations are not described under current HIPAA case law or codicil, the patient should note that, once Protected Health Information (PHI) is entered into the public record (eg. as it would in a trial), unless the court specifically rules to strike such material from the public record, that information may become public. This means that the patient's Attorney is prevented from revealing the information under Attorney/Client Privilege, the doctor may not reveal said information as prescribed under HIPAA, but anyone else with legal access to the court record may do so, unless provisions under State Law further protect this. Note that nothing in this description may be or is intended to be construed as legal advice.
What is the meaning of confidentiality?
Confidentiality is a set of rules or a promise that limits access or places restrictions on certain types of information.Medically, confidentiality is the ethical principle or legal right that a physician or other health professional will hold secret all information relating to a patient, unless the patient gives consent permitting disclosure.
What a document that gives us first hand historical?
What is a document that gives us first hand historical information
What is a document that gives us first hand information?
What is a document that gives us first hand historical information
Which law helps protect patients privacy and insurance coverage?
For patient privacy you are probably referring to the federal Health Information Privacy and Accountability Act (HIPAA). As far as protecting a patients insurance coverage, HIPAA does not specifically serve that function.
What is a document that gives us a first-hand historical information?
What is a document that gives us first hand historical information
What is a document that gives us first-hand historical information?
What is a document that gives us first hand historical information
What is a Workplace Document?
It is a document which contains technical details. Any document that provides steps or gives instructions to carry out tasks. An example would be a user manual.
How does glucose helps patient?
It gives energy)
What document gives the national government their power?
the constitution
