The Necessity of HIPAA Training
The Necessity of HIPAA Training The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is one of the most comprehensive, wide-ranging pieces of legislation that affects the health care system of the United States. HIPAA is a series of regulations enforced by the Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) to modernize and protect […]
Everything You Need to Know About OSHA
Everything You Need to Know About OSHA Signed into existence by President Lyndon Johnson in around 1970, the Occupational Safety and Health Act has proven to become critical and monumental to the American workplace as a regulatory program that safeguards worker’s rights. The primary aim of the agency created under the act that was established […]
Hospitals Struggle to Comply with Regulations Amidst Coronavirus-induced Shortage
Hospitals Struggle to Comply with Regulations Amidst Coronavirus-induced Shortage Things have slowed down drastically for global economies during the pandemic outbreak. As of December last year, UNCTAD forecasted approximately 3% of drop in global productivity and trade that will be seen throughout the years 2019-2020; and around the same time, the International Monetary Fund’s forecast […]
Facing the World’s Most Pressing Environmental Concerns
Facing the World’s Most Pressing Environmental Concerns The rising sea levels, raging hurricanes, and extreme temperature changes that the Earth is experiencing are all evidence of a deteriorating environment. The effects of climate change have been far-reaching and severe enough to demand attention from all. In the past decade alone, the planet has gone through […]
Personal Protective Equipment and Other Considerations during COVID-19
Personal Protective Equipment and Other Considerations during COVID-19 The pandemic outbreak exposed gaps in both health systems around the world and the respective approach of people towards health and hygiene. In fact, health science has never been more relevant than in a collective action problem such as COVID-19 and vaccination; where virtually every single person […]
COVID-19 Temporary Standard to Address the Reopening of Worksites
COVID-19 Temporary Standard to Address the Reopening of Worksites As of November 9, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s office issued its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards also phrased as ETS, which outlined a set of protocols that the establishment must follow before the first half of December. The set of guidelines for the following […]