Sentences with phrase «protecting public health care»

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Health care: The Green Party is committed to protecting Canada's universal, single - payer public health care sHealth care: The Green Party is committed to protecting Canada's universal, single - payer public health care shealth care system.

VICTORIA — New Democrat health spokesperson Judy Darcy is urging Health Minister Terry Lake to make sure that public health care is protected by investigating private medical clinics and compliance with the Medicare Protectiohealth spokesperson Judy Darcy is urging Health Minister Terry Lake to make sure that public health care is protected by investigating private medical clinics and compliance with the Medicare ProtectioHealth Minister Terry Lake to make sure that public health care is protected by investigating private medical clinics and compliance with the Medicare Protectiohealth care is protected by investigating private medical clinics and compliance with the Medicare Protection Act.

All of a sudden, the government is being accused of being too ideological for protecting Alberta's public health care system.

Adrienne Silnicki is the National Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Canadian Health Coalition (CHC), a non-profit organization that works to protect, improve and expand public health care in CHealth Coalition (CHC), a non-profit organization that works to protect, improve and expand public health care in Chealth care in Canada.

The CDC Breastfeeding Report Card provides national - and state - level data to help public health practitioners, health professionals, community members, child care providers, and family members work together to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding.

We are ready to move forward, provided any final agreement between Democrats is based on the legislative agenda that we put forth on May 22, which includes: the Reproductive Health Act, the DREAM Act, GENDA, protecting Title X funding, public campaign finance, single - payer health care and the Comprehensive Contraceptive CoveragHealth Act, the DREAM Act, GENDA, protecting Title X funding, public campaign finance, single - payer health care and the Comprehensive Contraceptive Coveraghealth care and the Comprehensive Contraceptive Coverage Act.

Democrats are working hard to bring more people into the economic mainstream, to improve our public schools, to protect our homeland, to make quality health care accessible, and to keep our air and water clean.

Schriock also called Kaplan, a town official elected in 2011, «a dedicated public servant focused on expanding economic opportunities for women and families, and protecting women's access to health care.»

ALBANY, NY (05/13/2008)(readMedia)-- CSEA today ripped the Empire Center and the New York State Association of Counties for their attempts to mislead the media and the public over legislation to protect local government retirees» health care benefits.

In 1976, the AAAS Board and Council jointly created a permanent Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility to develop policies and procedures to protect scientists, engineers and health care professionals against infringements of scientific freedom and responsibility, to monitor policies and actions taken by governments that might affect their professional rights and duties, and to promote attention to scientific freedom and responsibility within AAAS, its affiliated societies, and the general public.

Going forward, the development of a reliable diagnostic kit is much needed to enable hospital, clinic, and public health workers to confirm that patients seeking care are either infected or free of the virus; and while an effective vaccine is being tested, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should screen existing antiviral medicines to determine if any can protect people from contracting the virus, Song said.

«Health care and public health professionals now have a limited window of opportunity to engage policymakers about protecting Dreamers through legislative action, with an emphasis on the potentially dire mental health consequences of failing to enact a definitive legal remedy,» VenkataramaniHealth care and public health professionals now have a limited window of opportunity to engage policymakers about protecting Dreamers through legislative action, with an emphasis on the potentially dire mental health consequences of failing to enact a definitive legal remedy,» Venkataramanihealth professionals now have a limited window of opportunity to engage policymakers about protecting Dreamers through legislative action, with an emphasis on the potentially dire mental health consequences of failing to enact a definitive legal remedy,» Venkataramanihealth consequences of failing to enact a definitive legal remedy,» Venkataramani said.

OSHA enforces the whistleblower provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and 21 other statutes protecting employees who report violations of various workplace, commercial motor vehicle, airline, nuclear, pipeline, environmental, railroad, public transportation, maritime, consumer product, motor vehicle safety, health care reform, corporate securities, food safety and consumer financial reform regulaHealth Act and 21 other statutes protecting employees who report violations of various workplace, commercial motor vehicle, airline, nuclear, pipeline, environmental, railroad, public transportation, maritime, consumer product, motor vehicle safety, health care reform, corporate securities, food safety and consumer financial reform regulahealth care reform, corporate securities, food safety and consumer financial reform regulations.

Miami - Dade County Animal Services» mission is to save the lives of abandoned animals in their care, protect animals from cruelty, reunite lost pets with their owners, protect people and pets in their community from health related issues and ensure the public's safety.

Our goal is to provide that service in a safe and individualized way, and to help educate pet owners about the best way to care for pets, issues involving public health, how to feed and protect pets from disease, and to generally make things better for you and your pet for the rest of their lives.

They are not only educated to protect the health care of pets, livestock as well as zoo, exotic, competition and laboratory animals but they play an important role in environmental protection, food safety and public health.

Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter (SCCAS) provides animal rescue, regulation and humane care that protect the health, public safety and welfare of people and animals in Santa Cruz County.

A certified B Corporation, we believe that to tackle climate change, poverty and create sustainable development, we need interventions that deliver on a holistic basis We help the public and private sector work together to create award - winning Climate + Care programmes designed to tackle poverty, improve health and protect the environment, whilst delivering value for the organisations involved.

Protected health information is any information created or received by care providers, health plans, life insurance companies, public health authority, employer, educational institution or healthcare clearinghouse in any form including oral or electronic.

A «living tree» Constitution may protect the right to public health care; but it may also entrench the right to private health care.

The Court was called upon to determine how governing bodies of health - care professionals should respond to such allegations in order to protect the public.

Unions have been at the forefront of struggles to preserve and protect health care, education and other important public services.

Serving hospitals, nursing homes, public health departments, psychiatric institutions and other health care providers, we offer practical legal advice and protect our clients from future litigation.

Therefore, the final rule includes new language, in § 164.510 (b)(4), which allows covered entities to use or disclose protected health information to a public or private entity authorized by law or its charter to assist in disaster relief efforts, for the purpose of coordinating with such entities to notify, or assist in the notification of (including identifying or locating) a family member, an individual's personal representative, or another person responsible for the individual's care regarding the individual's location, general condition, or death.

Uses and disclosures that would have been permitted without individual authorization included uses and disclosures for national priority purposes such as public health, law enforcement, and research (see proposed § 164.510) and uses and disclosures of protected health information, other than psychotherapy notes and research information unrelated to treatment, for purposes of treatment, payment, and health care operations (see proposed § 164.506).

A covered entity, including a covered health care provider, may disclose protected health information to OSHA under § 164.512 (a), if the disclosure is required by law, or if the disclosure is a discretionary one for public health activities, under § 164.512 (b).

We also include within the definition an organized system of health care in which more than one covered entity participates, and in which the participating covered entities hold themselves out to the public as participating in a joint arrangement, and in which the joint activities of the participating covered entities include at least one of the following: utilization review, in which health care decisions by participating covered entities are reviewed by other participating covered entities or by a third party on their behalf; quality assessment and improvement activities, in which treatment provided by participating covered entities is assessed by other participating covered entities or by a third party on their behalf; or payment activities, if the financial risk for delivering health care is shared in whole or in part by participating covered entities through the joint arrangement and if protected health information created or received by a covered entity is reviewed by other participating covered entities or by a third party on their behalf for the purpose of administering the sharing of financial risk.

A covered entity is not in violation of the requirements of this rule when a member of its workforce or a business associate of the covered entity discloses protected health information to: (i) A health oversight agency or public health authority authorized by law to investigate or otherwise oversee the relevant conduct or conditions of the covered entity; (ii) an appropriate health care accreditation organization; or (iii) an attorney, for the purpose of determining his or her legal options with respect to whistleblowing.

Additional commenters who argued that the definition was too narrow raised the following concerns: the difference between «research» and «health care operations» is irrelevant from the patients» perspective, and therefore, the proposed rule should have required documentation of approval by an IRB or privacy board before protected health information could be used or disclosed for either of these purposes, and the proposed definition was too limited because it did not capture research conducted by non-profit entities to ensure public health goals, such as disease - specific registries.

Response: This level of detail is necessary to ensure that individuals» rights with respect to their health information are clear, while also ensuring that information necessary for important public functions, such as protecting public health, promoting biomedical research, fighting health care fraud, and notifying family members in disaster situations, will not be impaired by this regulation.

However, we continue to permit a covered entity to disclose protected health information to a health care Start Printed Page 82730provider in an emergency treatment situation if the restricted protected health information is needed to provide the emergency treatment or if the disclosure is necessary to avoid serious and imminent threats to public health and safety.

Duncan also announced a commission that he said will review the public service with an eye to speeding up deficit reduction while protecting health care and education - which make up 70 percent of government spending.

The primary public policy objectives of the Alaska Medical Assistant Society (AMAS)(and the American Association of Medical Assistants) are: (1) to increase the quality and availability of health care for all; and (2) to protect patients and employers from substandard medical assisting services by advocating for regulations and legislation that require medical assistants who are being delegated certain advanced procedures (e.g., administration of injectable medications) to be:

Dental assistants shall endeavour to protect the profession, the oral health care team and members of the public by reporting to regulatory authorities all actions which contravene provincial, territorial or federal jurisdictions.

A primary public policy objective of the AAMA is to protect patients, delegating providers, other health care professionals working with medical assistants, and medical assistants themselves from substandard and potentially dangerous medical assisting practices.

Now, the next step is to expand the circle of mental health care to include all those who have suffered trauma in the line of duty protecting the public, whether that be at home or abroad.

BOSTON — Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) celebrated An Act to Promote Public Safety and Protect Access to Reproductive Health Care Facilities, which Governor Deval Patrick signed into law today.

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Strengthening our commitment to protect women's health, educate young people, and expand access to reproductive health care, the Action Fund does educational and electoral work, including public education campaigns, grassroots organizing, and legislative advocacy.

Research by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services found other providers would have to expand their capacity to serve these women five-fold in order to offset the loss of Planned Parenthood health centers («An Early Assessment of the Potential Impact of Texas» «Affiliation» Regulation on Access to Care for Low - Income Women,» by Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., et al. [email protected]; 202-994-Health and Health Services found other providers would have to expand their capacity to serve these women five-fold in order to offset the loss of Planned Parenthood health centers («An Early Assessment of the Potential Impact of Texas» «Affiliation» Regulation on Access to Care for Low - Income Women,» by Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., et al. [email protected]; 202-994-Health Services found other providers would have to expand their capacity to serve these women five-fold in order to offset the loss of Planned Parenthood health centers («An Early Assessment of the Potential Impact of Texas» «Affiliation» Regulation on Access to Care for Low - Income Women,» by Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., et al. [email protected]; 202-994-health centers («An Early Assessment of the Potential Impact of Texas» «Affiliation» Regulation on Access to Care for Low - Income Women,» by Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., et al. [email protected]; 202-994-4230).

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Our public policy work empowers individuals to take action to influence local, state and federal elected officials to protect and advance access to sexual and reproductive health care.

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The bill includes measures to fully fund the nation's family planning program (Title X), expand access to reproductive health care services through Medicaid, require insurance companies to cover birth control if they cover other prescription drugs, protect the ability of rape survivors to access emergency contraception (EC) in the emergency room, improve public awareness about EC, and provide teens with medically accurate, age appropriate sex education.

At the forum, Planned Parenthood leaders will discuss the organization's role as a provider and advocate and share information on a variety of panels, including the following: Reforming the System: President Obama's Prospects for Health Reform; The Stakeholders Speak PPFA Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy Rubiner will address Planned Parenthood's priorities in health care reform: any health care reform effort must include access to comprehensive reproductive health care, and women's access to essential community providers must be protHealth Reform; The Stakeholders Speak PPFA Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy Rubiner will address Planned Parenthood's priorities in health care reform: any health care reform effort must include access to comprehensive reproductive health care, and women's access to essential community providers must be prothealth care reform: any health care reform effort must include access to comprehensive reproductive health care, and women's access to essential community providers must be prothealth care reform effort must include access to comprehensive reproductive health care, and women's access to essential community providers must be prothealth care, and women's access to essential community providers must be protected.

BOSTON — Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) commends the Senate's vote today to pass An Act to Promote Public Safety and Protect Access to Reproductive Health Care Facilities.

Our Development Department - with the support of volunteers who are passionate about protecting choice and providing essential reproductive health care to women, men and youth of the mid-Hudson Valley - raises funds to support PPMHV's ever - expanding work, and promotes public policies that safeguard the rights of individuals to freely make private, responsible choices.