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If the owners of your alcohol and drug treatment facility are requesting a detailed receivables report the patient name would be on it Is this a violation of the HIPAA cofidentiality laws?
Yes, including patient names on a detailed recerecivables report provided to the owners of an alcohol and drug treatment facility would likely be a violation of HIPAA confidentiality laws. Personal health information, including patient names, is protected under HIPAA and should be handled with strict confidentiality to ensure patient privacy and security. It is important to consult with a legal expert or HIPAA compliance officer to ensure that any reports or documents shared maintain patient confidentiality and comply with HIPAA regulations.
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.
Does HIPAA law override moststate laws that define and regulate patient privacy?
I want to know how to sue united States government and technology conglomerates for exposure to my medical records . Hiippa laws are only for Dr. Violating the law n not Congress or technology companies n conglomerates?
Can the pharmacist suggest changing the prescription to another drug without the patients knowledge and would this not violate hipaa?
They can suggest a change to the prescribing physician if they believe another medication would better suit the patient's needs or if there are contraindications for the medication currently prescribed (i.e. an allergy or conflicting medications). They are not violating HIPAA because this is a necessary communication between two of the patient's care providers.
Must you have the patient's permission to enlist an interpreter to explain medical procedures in the patient's native language?
If you can not communicate with the patient how can you first get a permission. Reasonably it should be OK to use an interpreter to explain things to a patient but you would need the patient's permission to involve the interpreter in discussions relating to the patient's medical condition. Presumably the interpreter could assist in obtaing this consent.
A patient suddenly stops breathing eyes roll back then vomits blood What are the possibilities that could explain what happen to this patient?
The patient could have had a seizure. That would explain their eyes rolling back and the breathing stopped. Tubereculosis could explain vomiting blood if the blood came from the lungs. Those are also symptoms of shock.
Learn about HIPPA compliance rules?
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A patient's anxiety caused her to develop respiratory alkalosis The nurse instructs the patient to take some slow deep breaths Explain why this would be effective?
because it helps to calm the patient down
How do you teach a four year old the basics of poker?
Well trying to teach a four year old the basics of poker might be a bit difficult, but if I were you, I would take help of an online resource that could explain things in a really simple fashion.
What is electronic transmission and how and why does HIPAA address it?
An example would be facsimile (fax) machines - computer networks - internet connections - etc. Since the question is specifically about HIPPA it can be assumed that the law is referring to the transmission of patient records.
How do you control a plane in flight simulator?
its a little hard to explain in words so i would recommend checking out the missions in the game and goto the tutorials that will teach you the basics of flying
If you are an employee in a medical office with access to medical records should you protect your friend by telling him that you know that his partner has tested positive for AIDS?
It is a HIPAA violation to reveal any patient's Protected Information. AND, you should really notify your employer BEFORE your friend's partner is seen in the medical office, so YOU are not involved with that case. If that notification was not made (so you would not be tempted to peek at a record), then you stillMUST uphold HIPAA.
