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In testimony late last year before the Department of Health and Human
Services National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality, Health Privacy Project
executive director Janlori Goldman submitted 13 common myths that
persist about the HIPAA privacy regulation and the facts that respond
to those myths.
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American Hospital Association attorney Lawrence Hughes said there are
aspects of the privacy rule that still are not working well and are
creating unnecessary burdens for hospitals, with little benefit to
patients.
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Rhode Islands Seacrest DocSecurity surveyed more than 500 physicians
nationwide late in 2003, questioning them on requirements that
insurance companies ask for before underwriting physicians and
hospitals for insurance, and concluded that while physicians generally
believe they are HIPAA-compliant, in fact they have only met a portion
of the HIPAA requirements, leaving them vulnerable to lawsuits.
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Does the security rule specify how a risk analysis must be conducted?;
How should passwords be chosen to ensure security?; Can a home health
agency post thank-you letters from patients on a bulletin board that
can be seen by staff and other patients?
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Its no secret that compliance with hand hygiene is a key element in reducing the rate of hospital-acquired infections. Yet changing physician behavior often is easier said than done.
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Does your organization provide consumers and the community with opportunities to be involved in shaping your services and performance improvement initiatives? If the answer is no or not very often, senior leaders and staff are missing out on valuable information.
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With a care coordination program in place that has dramatically reduced acute care and emergency department utilization by the chronic frail elderly while enhancing patients quality of life, Sutter Health Sacramento (CA) Sierra Region was looking for a way to take the program to yet a higher level, says Jan Van der Mei, RN, care management director.
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The Disease-Specific Care certification offered by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is designed to evaluate disease management and chronic care services provided by hospitals, health plans, disease management service companies, and other care delivery settings.
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After a group of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients in Toronto in 2003 was tracked to a surgical patient, health care providers there realized no guidelines from international or U.S. groups addressed how to handle SARS patients or avoid SARS transmission in the OR.
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Recently at a conference, I was asked about what frustrates me the most out of all the work we do. It took me less than a second to reply: expense adjustment.