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October 25th, 2011  Posted at   Protecting
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HIPPA or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is a federal official act, which deals with health records. When there is a need to collect maximum amount of information from patients that need to be transmitted worldwide, the question of patient privacy comes into consideration.

At such times, HIPAA plays a pivotal role. Legislation to protect a particular individual’s identity and modesty against any leakage of information or any abuse has always been a top priority for the governments on a global basis.

By the advent of HIPPA privacy by the U.S. government, the concern of privacy that has to be maintained by the hospitals and clinics has been preserved exceptionally well. Company or an individual, who works under the HIPAA Privacy act are assigned with tasks to protect health related information. Generally, they are known as Business Associates.

The HIPAA privacy policy act of 1996 was a Congress passed public law and the benefits are as follows:

- To improvise health insurance coverage individually and for better convenience to consumers
- To fight against fraudulent and abusive behaviors in the field of health insurance
- Reduction of cost and administrative burden of health concern on hospitals and clinics by updating and standardizing electronic data for specific administrative transactions
- Increase in customer satisfaction (more…)

October 25th, 2011  Posted at   Protecting
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This is clearly a very exciting and exhilarating time to be working in health and human rights but it is a difficult job too. For we are creating, participating in, and witnessing an extraordinary moment in social history the emergence of a health and human rights movement at the intersection and at the time of two enormous paradigm shifts. Stimulated in the first instance by pressures within each field, both public health and human rights are undergoing major transformations, so that the linkages between them, and the outcomes of their association have now become dynamic and even more challenging than may have been evident just a few years ago.

The challenge of applying human rights concepts in analysis and response to health problems, such as violence, has helped reveal previously unrecognized difficulties and limitations in traditional human rights work; similarly, efforts to define, expand and protect human rights in health-relevant settings, such as sexual rights and health, uncover substantial gaps or inconsistencies in health thinking and practice.

New work is both needed, and underway, within each of the recognized elements of “health and human rights”. In public health, we are struggling mightily with a major paradigm shift. Public health involves “ensuring the conditions in which people can be healthy,” and we do know that the so-called “societal factors” constitute the major determinants of health status. Yet despite much research (usually focusing on socioeconomic status as the principle variable) we are painfully aware of our ignorance about precisely what these societal determinants actually are.

The health and human rights linkage, as seen from the public health side, proposes based at this time more on insight and experience than data that modern human rights provides a better guide for identifying, analyzing and responding directly to critical societal conditions than any Framework inherited from the biomedical or recent public health tradition. Thus, promoting and protecting health is proposed to depend upon the promotion and protection of human rights and dignity. (more…)

October 25th, 2011  Posted at   Protecting
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Protecting your health in the wintertime isn’t as hard as it sounds, here are some tips for preventing typical problems during the coldest time of the year.

Immune System

Prevention is really the key to not getting sick. Older folks, children and those with depressed immune systems may want to consider getting a flu shot, which can protect you from getting the flu. You can also improve your immune system by eating right and taking the proper vitamins and minerals for your age and body type. Even a multivitamin is better than nothing, but consider supplementing with Vitamin C and Zinc, both proven to boost the immune system.

Skin

Your skin can often take a beating during the winter months. Inside your home or workplace, you’ll be subjected to dry heat from electric, gas, oil or wood fire heating elements. Also, you may take longer and certainly hotter baths or showers. Outside your home you’ll be subjected to dry, windy, wet or cold weather. Moving inside and outside from dry heat to dry cold can wreak havoc on your skin, making it dry, itchy, red, flaky and irritated. The skin on your face is especially susceptible to this problem. Use moisturizers and moisturizing lotions daily to keep your skin healthy and hydrated. You can also use a humidifier to add some much needed moisture back to the air in your home or workplace. Don’t forget to protect your skin from the glare of the sun or ravages of the wind by covering up all parts of your body by wearing gloves, a scarf, ear muffs and a hat when you go out. Remember to cleanse your face everyday with a gentle soap and lukewarm water. You may also wish to add a bath oil product to your baths to moisturize the skin on your entire body. The skin on your hands will also be very susceptible to drying and irritation, remedy this by applying a hand cream after each time you wash your hands.

Lips

Your lips are one of the hardest hit areas of your body during cold weather, especially during very dry and cold weather. Your lips may be chapped, dry and peel much more easily. Keep a moisturizing, protecting lip balm with you and apply it daily or as needed to keep your lips moist and supple and to avoid painful cracking. (more…)

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