A fact sheet released December 20 by the Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology explains a number of hypothetical scenarios in which protected health information (PHI) may be shared in support of public health activities or other
important public health policies.
Not exact matches
Public health and consumer groups applauded the move, which does not go as far as the company's
policy for the United States, where already for a year suppliers have provided the chain with chickens raised without antibiotics deemed
important to human
health.
Public policy issues that determine the
health of the human web are as
important as issues of individual emotional well - being.
Access to human milk is an
important public health initiative and future
policies and programs should reflect this.
Clinical services and
public -
health policies that promote exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life are likely to yield
important benefits for early child development.
The effects of breastfeeding on children's development have
important implications for both
public -
health policies and for the design of targeted early intervention strategies to improve the developmental outcomes of children at risk as a result of biological (e.g., prematurity) or social adversity (e.g., poverty).
«Politicians have an
important and legitimate interest in how
health care is provided locally but too often act as a barrier, rather than facilitating the honest dialogue needed with the
public,» deputy director of
policy Candace Imison said.
These articles supply
important normative guidelines for human rights and
public health policy.
The findings could have
important implications for planning and
public health policy, and suggest that tree planting could play a role in reducing the effects of air pollution from cars.
«Informing citizens about the
health of the nation and discussing pivotal science and
policy issues such as mental
health, chronic and emerging diseases and other
public health threats, and vaccine research are
important to not only advance the national dialogue but also improve the country's overall well - being.»
In an interview, Leventhal adds that restricting such advertising is an
important target for
public health campaigns and
policies to limit youth use of tobacco products.
Many investigators are in the midst of negotiating with NIAID about whether some truly fit the
policy's GOF definition or, even if they do, are
important enough to
public health that they should be allowed to continue.
He added, «Equally
important, state and local
policy makers can use the online tool to better understand the nature of their air pollution problem so they can consider the best solutions for addressing their particular problem and improving the
public's
health.»
In an accompanying editorial, David Goldblatt, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., of the UCL Institute of Child
Health and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, London, and Elizabeth Miller, F.R.C.Path., of
Public Health England, London, write that the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts recently decided to revisit the issue of nonspecific effects of vaccines as part of its continued appraisal of
important issues that could be relevant to inform global immunization
policy.
Mathematical models of infectious diseases play an
important role in informing
public health policy.
Reducing heavy drinking should therefore be considered as an
important target for
public health monitoring and
policies.
While it is
important that facilities,
public health and emergency management officials evacuate homes likely to flood during a hurricane, in light of the significant increase in mortality and morbidity associated with evacuation, the
policy of universal evacuation of facilities requires careful reconsideration.»
We declared a pause to this
important research to provide time to explain the
public -
health benefits cheap oakley of this work, to describe the measures in place to minimize possible risks, and to enable organizations and governments around the world to review their
policies (for example on biosafety, biosecurity, oversight, and communication) regarding these experiments.
The Council will also continue its investigations into the early childhood roots of lifelong
health disparities — with profound implications for
public health policy in states — and critical periods of development and brain plasticity across the lifespan — with
important implications for the timing of interventions.
In addition to essential community and
policy - oriented actions around strengthening preventive
public health infrastructure, science has an
important role to play in prevention.
Elements of this Plan may be argued as
important for associated energy
policy reasons, economics, and / or
public health and safety.
But this low - price message did not cause the
policy targets in the CTPs to change, despite evidence that it would not only be cheaper than expected to meet these targets, but it would also be more
important to
public health to tighten the targets, based on scientific advances.
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Policy Commentary, which is meant to provide an easy way to learn about important policy issues related to environmental, natural resource, energy, urban, and public health pro
Policy Commentary, which is meant to provide an easy way to learn about
important policy issues related to environmental, natural resource, energy, urban, and public health pro
policy issues related to environmental, natural resource, energy, urban, and
public health problems.
With well - designed
policies and careful planning and coordination, Illinois could greatly enhance its clean energy resources, cost - effectively comply with the emissions reductions required by the Clean Power Plan, and reap
important economic and
public health benefits.
Legislative and
policy experts close to the issue said that if Inhofe's proposal had been passed, it would have removed vitally
important public health protections more than two decades in the making that every year prevent up to:
With well - designed
policies and careful planning and coordination, all states across the country could greatly enhance their clean energy resources, affordably comply with the emissions reductions required by the Clean Power Plan, and reap
important economic and
public health benefits.
With well - designed
policies and careful planning and coordination, Pennsylvania could greatly enhance its clean energy resources, cost - effectively comply with the emissions reductions required by the Clean Power Plan, and reap
important economic and
public health benefits.
The comments and our fact finding revealed the complexity of current
health information practices, and we believe that the complexity entailed in reflecting those practices is better
public policy than a perhaps simpler rule that disturbed
important information flows.
In allowing covered entities to disclose protected
health information about a crime victim pursuant to a state or other mandatory reporting law, we defer to other governmental bodies» judgments on when certain
public policy objectives are
important enough to warrant mandatory disclosure of protected
health information to law enforcement.
Research on psychopathology in adolescence is
important both from a scientific point of view and from the point of view of prevention and
public health policy.
Adolescence is characterized by major biological, psychological and social challenges and opportunities, where interaction between the individual and environment is intense, and developmental pathways are set in motion or become established.2 — 4 Furthermore, adolescent psychopathology can have
important consequences for education, relationships and socioeconomic achievement in later life.5 — 7 These characteristics of adolescence do not only set high demands for cohort studies aiming to capture the most salient aspects of developmental pathways, they also ensure a great gain in empirical knowledge and an invaluable source of information for
public health policy from such studies.
Mental
health promotion is now a national priority and support for parents is recognised as an
important element of
public health policy.