HIPAA refers to the <span>Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. (You can give some background information about the act).
Now, to the main question. T</span><span>he steps a medical assistant can take to ensure HIPPA compliance in handling patient information are outlined as follows
1. Protected Health Information (PHI) should be kept secure and private (either on pass-worded computers or paper files and charts always safely locked up when not in use).
2. Keep strictly to the office policy, and ensure full implementation of laod down procedures. Refresher trainings may also be helpful.
3. Patients should be informed of their rights when their information is being taken and the medical assistant should support those rights.
4. D</span><span>on’t volunteer patient's information to outside companies/entities or allow them access to it, except with the patient's consent.
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Please post more information for it to be a question, rather than a statement
Answer: Longitudinal Research
Explanation:
This type of design involves studying the same kind of people over an long period of time. Data is collected at the beginning of the study and gathered repeatedly through the course of study. In some cases, longitudinal studies can last for several decades or be open-ended.
You did but put any answer choices to choose from but the primary function of the nervous system is to control and communicate information throughout the body.
