Ulungele i-HIPAA?
Ngempela uzwile mayelana ne-HIPAA manje.
Cha, akuyona enye igciwane le-killer okumelwe ukhathazeke ngayo.
I-HIPAA imele uMthetho we-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, futhi nakuba yamukelekile ngamaqembu amaningi okukhuthaza abathengi kanye neziguli, kuye kwaba yinkinga odokotela abaningi nezibhedlela ezizama ukuhambisana nemithetho emisha.
Uma ungazi ukuthi i-HIPAA ingubani, kungenzeka ukuthi usayine amafomu we-HIPAA ekuvakasheni kwakho kokugcina udokotela.
Kuyini i-HIPAA
I-HIPAA yadluliselwa ukusiza ukuvikela nokuvikela ukuphepha nokuyimfihlo kolwazi lomuntu lompilo.
Ingxenye eyodwa ye-HIPAA, iMithetho Yobumfihlo, ihlose ukugcina imininingwane yakho yezokwelapha yangasese futhi ivimbele ukudalulwa okungadingekile kolwazi lwakho lwezempilo oluvikelwe (i-PHI). Lokhu akusho ukuthi udokotela wakho akakwazi ukukhuluma nanoma ngubani ngolwazi lwakho lwezempilo. Udokotela wakho angakwazi ukudalula i-PHI yakho (Ukudalulwa kwe-Permissive) ngaphandle kwemvume yakho ezimweni eziningi, ikakhulukazi uma ihlobene nokuphathwa, ukukhokha noma imisebenzi yokunakekela impilo. Isibonelo, uma unesifo senhliziyo, udokotela wakho kumele atshele inkampani yakho yomshuwalense ngakho ukuze abakhokhele izikweletu zakho zezempilo, kodwa inkampani yakho yekhadi lesikweletu akufanele ilitshelwe ngakho.
I-HIPAA izokuthinta kanjani?
Kubantu abaningi, i-HIPAA ngeke ibe nethonya elibonakalayo, okungenani ngomqondo walokho okumele ukwenze.
Phakathi kwezinto ongaqaphela uma udokotela wakho kufanele ahambisane ne-HIPAA wukuthi kufanele unikezwe ikhophi yesaziso sikadokotela wakho wenqubomgomo yobumfihlo futhi uzocelwa ukuba usayine ifomu ukuthi uyitholile. Lesi saziso senqubomgomo yobumfihlo sizofaka ulwazi mayelana nokuthi udokotela wakho uzovikela kanjani i-PHI, ukuthi i-PHI yakho ingavezwa kanjani ngaphandle kwemvume yakho uma ivunyelwe ngokomthetho, futhi ukuthi ezinye izimpawu ze-PHI yakho zingenziwa kanjani kuphela ngemvume yakho.
Ukusayina leli fomu kuvuma ukuthi uthola inqubomgomo yobumfihlo. Akusho ukuthi uvumelana nalo noma uyavuma ukushiya noma yimaphi amalungelo akho, ngakho-ke kufanele usayine.
Umthetho Wobumfihlo we-HIPAA uphinde unikeze amalungelo amasha omguli . Phakathi kwalawo lungelo unelungelo lokucela ukuchibiyela amarekhodi akho wezokwelapha noma unobhala bokungavumelani obubekiwe emrekhodini wakho, ilungelo lokubeka imikhawulo kulabo abanganikezwa i-PHI yakho, futhi ilungelo lokuhlola nokukopisha amarekhodi akho ezokwelapha. Kumele ukhokhele amakhophi noma nganoma yisiphi isikhathi udokotela wakho athatha ukuze achaze lokho okukulo marekhodi.
Kungani ungathanda ukuchibiyela amarekhodi akho? Yisho ukuthi uthathe udokotela wakho enyangeni engu-15 ngoba wayekhwehlela futhi ehamba ngesondo futhi udokotela wakho uthola ukuthi une-asthma. Ubi kakhulu kulobo busuku futhi uya ku-ER futhi bathola ukuthi akanaso isifuba somoya, kodwa unomphefumulo. Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva uzishintsha kumshwalense omusha futhi baqaphele ukuxilongwa kwangaphambili kwesifo se-asthma futhi benqabe ukukhokha imithi yakhe lapho empeleni ehlakulela i-asthma ngoba bathi isimo esibuhlungu. Manje uma uchibiyela amarekhodi wengane wakho ukusho ukuthi empeleni wayengenayo i-asthma uma eneminyaka engu-15 ubudala, khona-ke ungase ukwazi ukuthola umshuwalense wakho ukumboza izifo zakhe ze-asthma.
Ungase futhi ucele ukuthi umhlinzeki wakho wokunakekelwa kwempilo akhulume nawe ngendlela eyimfihlo, isibonelo, hhayi ukuthumela izikhumbuzi zeposikhadi zokuqokwa noma ukushiya imiyalezo kumshini wokuphendula noma lapho usebenza khona.
Ezinye izinguquko ongase uzibone ukuthi izibhedlela kanye namahhovisi odokotela benza umsebenzi ongcono wokugcina ulwazi oluyimfihlo, ngakho-ke ungase ubone amashadi abhekene phansi, amagama omguli asengabhalwanga ngokuvulekile, nezibhedlela asisekho izinombolo zegumbi lesiguli noma zivuma ukuthi isiguli ngisho esibhedlela.
Amahhovisi ezempilo azobhekana nezinguquko ezinkulu ngaphansi kwe-HIPAA kanye noMthetho Wobumfihlo.
I-HIPAA ayifuni ukwenza kube nzima kuwe ukuthola ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kwengane yakho noma ukuthola ukufinyelela kumarekhodi abo wezempilo. Uma ubona izinkinga ezinkulu noma izinkinga, cishe kungenzeka ukuthi othile uqondisa imithethonqubo ye-HIPAA.
Isibonelo, imibiko yezindaba ze-TV ichaza ukuthi imithetho emisha ye-HIPAA izosho ukuthi umngane noma ilunga lomndeni ngeke akwazi ukuthatha imiyalelo yakho. Kodwa i-HIPAA iyaphuma impela ukuze ichaze ukuthi 'isihlobo noma umngane ufika ekhemisi futhi ecela ukuthatha imithi ethile yomuntu ngokuphumelelayo iqinisekisa ukuthi uhilelekile ekunakekeleni komuntu.'
Odokotela bezingane basebenzisa amakhophi amakhoksi amaningi amarekhodi adutshulwa ezikoleni nasemasontweni. Manje, ngaphandle kokuthi unikeze imvume ebhaliwe, ihhovisi lakho lodokotela lingase lingakwazi ukwenza lokho, ngoba kungase kusho ukukhululwa okungagunyaziwe kwe-PHI. Kungase kudingeke ukuthi uthole lawo marekhodi bese ubanika labo ababadingayo. Ukusebenzisa isibonelo esingenhla, ukuthi isikole noma ukunakekelwa kwesikhashana kucela ulwazi lomfundi othize nokuthi bazi ukuthi ungudokotela wengane kufanele kusho ukuthi 'bahilelekile ekunakekeleni komuntu.'
Esinye isimo sivela uma ingane yomntwana noma umakhelwane, njll ithatha ingane kudokotela. Njengoba bengewona umzali noma umgcini wezomthetho, ungabahlinzeka nge-PHI yengane? Futhi, iqiniso lokuthi banomntwana kanye nabo kufanele baqinisekise ngempumelelo ukuthi 'uhilelekile ekunakekeleni komuntu' futhi akufanele udinga ukugunyazwa okulotshiwe ukukhulula i-PHI.
Amafomu ezempilo kanye nemvume yokuphatha izincwadi zokwelashwa kungenzeka ukuthi kunikezwe umzali noma umnakekeli ukuba anike esikoleni somntwana, nakuba lokhu kufanele kuthathwe ngokuthi 'Ukwelashwa' futhi kufanele kuvunyelwe ngaphandle kokugunyazwa.
Ungaphinde unikeze imvume yakho ebhaliwe imvume yokuvumela noma yikuphi kwalokhu kukhishwa uma ufisa noma kunjalo.
Udokotela wakho naye ngeke akwazi ukudalula i-PHI yakho kumalungu omndeni wakho ngaphandle kokuthi uyigunyaze, nakuba lokhu kungaba isicelo somlomo. Ngokuqinisekile, uma unomntwana, udokotela wakho wezingane ngeke avunyelwe ukuphuma kwezeBasebenzi nokuThumela futhi utshele amalungu omndeni ukuthi ngabe ungumfana noma intombazane, ngaphandle uma unikeza imvume.
Ihhovisi lakho lodokotela lizokwazi ukusebenzisa amashidi angena ngemvume (nakuba angakwazi ukubhala ukuxilongwa kwakho noma isikhalazo) bese ubiza igama lakho egumbini lokulinda, ngoba lokhu kubhekwa njengokudalulwa okungahle kwenzeke.
Sethemba ukuthi eziningi zalezi zimo zizocaciswa ukuze abazali nabadokotela bangaphazanyiswa yi-HIPAA.
Abancane nabakwa-HIPAA
Nakuba abazali bazokwazi ukuthola amarekhodi wezokwelapha zezingane zabo, kunezimo lapho umhlinzeki wakho wokunakekelwa kwezempilo angakuvimbela lokhu ukufinyelela. Isibonelo, intombazane ekhulelwe ayidingi imvume yomzali wayo yokwelapha emazweni amaningi, ngakho-ke ngeke ukwazi ukucela ishadi lomntanakho ukuze ubone ukuthi unesifo sokukhulelwa.
Imithetho kahulumeni lapho uhlala khona izokhipha ukuthi ingakanani ye-PHI yengane yakho ongayithola nge-HIPAA. Ezimweni eziningi, izingane zingavuma ukwelashwa nokuhlolwa kwama-STD kanye nokwelapha utshwala nezidakamizwa, ngakho-ke abazali bangase bangakwazi ukufinyelela kula marekhodi. Udokotela wezingane angase futhi avimbele abazali ukuba bafinyelele uma becabanga ukuthi kuyomlimaza ingane. Futhi awukwazi ukufinyelela kumanothi wakho we-psychotherapy wakho noma wezingane zakho.
Ukuze uvikele imfihlo yabantwana bakho, futhi ubuyekeze ubuhlobo babo nodokotela wabo wezingane, ungase usayine isivumelwano sokuthi unobungane obuyimfihlo ukuze ungafinyeleleki kumarekhodi ezingane zakho.
Ukuphulwa kwe-HIPAA
I-HIPAA ihlinzekela abantu ukuthi benze izikhalazo mayelana nokusetshenziswa kabi kwe-PHI yabo ngokusebenzisa iHhovisi LamaLungelo Ezimboni ngaphakathi koMnyango WezeMpilo kanye Nezinsizakalo Zabantu (HHS).
Abantu abaphula i-HIPAA bangabhekana nezinhlawulo zomphakathi nezigebengu, kufaka phakathi izinhlawulo kanye / noma ukuboshwa iminyaka eyodwa kuya kweyishumi. Izijeziso zobugebengu zingadluliselwa odokotela abaphula ngokungazi lutho uMthetho Wobumfihlo kanye / noma ukudalula i-PHI yesiguli ngenzuzo yomuntu siqu, izifiso zamanga noma izinhloso ezinonya.
Amaphutha angahlosiwe ngeke ajeziswe noma kunjalo, nemithetho yokuphoqelela ayikashicilelwanga okwamanje.