New Jersey Psychiatric Practice Pays $30,000 to Resolve Complaint About Inadmissible Disclosure of Protected Health Information by Disclosing This Information in Online Review Today, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced an agreement with Manasa Health Center, LLC, a health care provider in New Jersey that provides psychiatric services for adults and children. Settlement resolves a complaint OCR received in April 2020 alleging that Manasa Health Center inadmissiblely disclosed a patient’s PHI when the entity posted a response to the patient’s…
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Are online calorie calculators accurate?
Starting your fitness journey can be overwhelming — you need to make time to exercise, choose your workouts, and eat in a way that correlates to your fitness goals. Depending on your goals, you would aim for a calorie surplus or deficit. There’s also the option to maintain your current calorie intake. If you’ve reached the point in your fitness journey where you need to track calories, you’re probably familiar with online calorie calculators. They may be critical to achieving your fitness goals, but are they accurate? Let’s find out!…
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An increasing number of people are risking their lives by buying medicines over the internet before seeing their GP. The number of prescriptions supplied by online pharmacies has doubled in two years, from 26 million in 2019 to 53 million. More patients than ever are turning to the internet for their prescriptions Reliable websites help lighten the load on high street pharmacies. But as patients struggle to see a GP, many are turning to Google and self-diagnosing before buying online. Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chair of the Royal College of GPs,…
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