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When a health care provider covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) uses an interpreter to communicate with an individual, that individuals authorization is not required for the disclosure of protected health information to the interpreter, as long as certain conditions are met.
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Creative Solutions for Your World is the theme of the 31st annual conference and exposition of the National Association of Healthcare Access Management (NAHAM) to be held this month at the Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa, FL.
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Many small physician practices had gaps in three key areas as they attempted to meet the April 20 deadline for HIPAA security standards, according to Dallas-based MedSynergies.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published the third in a series of seven papers designed to provide guidance on the HIPAA security standards.
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A leading health care quality group is moving to set national standards for infection rate disclosure laws that essentially would codify recently released guidance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Hospital Infection Control has learned.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) recently released a template document for officials seeking to establish infection rate disclosure laws.
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Potentially fatal bacterial infections following platelet transfusions are flying below the infection control radar. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently drew attention to the problem by reporting two fatal infections following transfusions and noting that infectious disease physicians have a surprising lack of awareness about the problem.
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The new mindset of zero infection rates generally is considered more of a goal than a practical reality, an unattainable threshold meant to shake the complacency and comfort of some longstanding benchmark range. On the contrary, some infection control professionals are taking it literally. For certain infections on certain units, target zero is being obtained.