Sentences with phrase «circumstances involving health»

Despite the fact that the Personal Health Information Protection Act («PHIPA») 1 is a «lengthy and detailed statute» that comprehensively addresses «the collection, use, disclosure, retention and disposal of personal health information», 2 the Court affirmed that plaintiffs are still entitled to raise the common law tort for breaches of privacy in circumstances involving health information.

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In the UK, «bed - sharing is acknowledged as a common infant care practice and the specific circumstances that put infants at risk are highlighted,» Blair, who wasn't involved in the new research, told Reuters Health in an email.

The program proactively addresses situations that don't benefit from a punitive approach and instead involve owners who face barriers to providing care to their animals due to either a lack of financial resources, access to services or other circumstances, such as domestic violence, medical or mental health challenges.

The kinds of car accident injuries that a driver or passenger can suffer depends on the circumstances around each crash, the level of negligence or recklessness of the responsible party, and the health conditions of the people involved.

A violation of that duty of care, could take place in a range of circumstances from a failing to alert a person of the threats involved in surgery, to a failing to appropriately identify a health problem.

I specialise in Inquest law and work fiercely for families who have lost loved ones in police custody, state detention, whilst sectioned or voluntarily under the care of Mental Health services, or in other circumstances involving the state, to ensure they have the opportunity to have their voice heard.

When the individual is present and can make his or her own decisions, a covered entity may disclose protected health information only if the covered entity: (1) Obtains the Start Printed Page 82664individual's agreement to disclose to the third parties involved in the individual's care; (2) provides the individual with the opportunity to object to the disclosure, and the individual does not express an objection; or (3) reasonably infers from the circumstances, based on the exercise of professional judgement, that the individual does not object to the disclosure.

For cases involving patients admitted to a health care facility in an incapacitated or emergency treatment circumstance who during the course of their stay become capable of decisionmaking, the final rule takes an approach similar to that described in the NPRM.

When the individual is present and has the capacity to make his or her own decisions, a covered entity may disclose protected health information only if the covered entity: (1) Obtains the individual's agreement to disclose to the third parties involved in their care; (2) provides the individual with an opportunity to object to such disclosure and the individual does not express an objection; or (3) reasonably infers from the circumstances, based on the exercise of professional judgment, that the individual does not object to the disclosure.

Under § 164.510 (b), when an individual is present and has the capacity to make his or her own decisions, a covered entity may disclose protected health information only if the covered entity: (1) Obtains the individual's agreement to disclose protected health information to the third parties involved in the individual's care; (2) provides the individual with an opportunity to object to such disclosure, and the individual does not express an objection; or (3) reasonably infers from the circumstances, based on the exercise of professional judgment, that the individual does not object to the disclosure.

Similarly, disclosure of such medical information by the group health plan, under the limited circumstances permitted by this privacy regulation, may involve use of the information for insurance purposes as broadly described in the ADA discussion above.

Students may feel uncomfortable about disclosing their mitigating circumstances, especially if they involve mental health issues.

To Others Involved in Your Care: We may disclose health information about you to your family members or friends if we obtain your verbal agreement to do so or if we give you an opportunity to object to such a disclosure and you do not raise an objection or if we can infer from the circumstances, based on our professional judgment, that you would not object.

«This is one of the first studies to show that where you live — the circumstances of your neighborhood, the social characteristics of the people around you — all these things may play a role in your own health,» Dr. Harlan Krumholz, a cardiologist at the Yale School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study, told the Los Angeles Times.