Roger Steven's Blog – September 2018 Archive (2)

How mental illness stigma affects social relationships

Mental illness is a peculiar issue from many perspectives. Firstly, mental illness does not show itself up very easily unlike a physical injury. Secondly, since it concerns the human mind, the most complex of all creations, its condition keeps varying according to the situation around the person having a mental illness. Thirdly, and most importantly, it is characterized by a very strong reaction from the society, or what we call… Continue

HIPAA compliance is, as any healthcare professional involved in work related to it in one or another way would attest, the most important requirement for a HIPAA-governed entity. Covered Entities and Business Associates have to comply with HIPAA regulations and safeguard HIPAA provisions with their lives, so to speak, because it is a matter of their very existence as a business entity.

A look at what happens in the event of HIPAA noncompliance is instructive:

• Fines that…

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