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HIPAA and Patient Information Privacy: What You Need to Know

Due to the massive amount of personal data and information stored electronically today, everybody is concerned about their patient information privacy. That is why you may find yourself questioning what your doctor is doing to ensure the protection of your healthcare information. Health plans, health care providers, health care clearinghouses, and their business associates have to abide by set industry standards when it comes to the storage and transmission of your healthcare information. However, some entities don’t have to follow these regulations. These include: •    State agencies such as child protective services •    Law enforcement agencies •    Life insurance companies •    Schools •    Employers •    DTC (direct to consumer) genetic testing companies •    Alternative medicine practitioners •    Workers compensation carriers • ...

Importance of Quality Work Culture in Food & Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing

Good manufacturing practices, developed in the past 20 years, have introduced new hygienic rules that limit contamination by pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. Consumers are more aware of the quality and storage of meat and of the safety measures taken during its preparation. However, several criteria other than eating quality play an important role in meat acceptability, e.g., price of meat, attitudes and knowledge of consumers towards meat, and convenience in preparing meat. Good manufacturing practices , developed in the past 20 years, have introduced new hygienic rules that limit contamination by pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. Consumers are more aware of the quality and storage of meat and of the safety measures taken during its preparation. However, several criteria other than eating quality play an important role in meat acceptability, e.g., price of meat, attitudes and knowledge of consumers towards meat, and convenience in preparing meat. “It’s difficult to find anyon...

The Role of Student Handbooks and Codes of Conduct in Education Risk Management

"L earn the Importance of the Material a School Utilizes in it Student Handbook” In the past, handbooks aimed at students in colleges and universities have contained basic information regarding topics such as academic standing, student discipline,  housing rules and campus directories . However, evolving and advancing technology has forced both students and institutions to include much more information for the protections of both groups. This webinar will allow students, administrators and faculty to understand the changes in policies and what needs to be included in today’s (and tomorrow’s) student handbooks. In this  webinar expert speaker Kent Seaver , will be discussed that student handbook can work in many different ways: informative piece, reference device, and legal shield. The overall safety of your campus is not only important, but how that is achieved and perceived can be the difference between success and failure. Knowing these roles is important to all stake h...

The Impact of New FSVP & Third Party Accreditation Rules on Your Food Business

The wait for final FSMA Rules is quickly ending and the implementation periods have begun. On November 10, 2015 the FDA published the final rules for the Foreign Supplier Verification (FSVP) and Third Party Accreditation programs and is now preparing guidance documents that extend the requirements previously published under the final rules for cGMP, Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human and Animal Food. Most businesses have less than one year for full implement compliance implementation.  Since the final FSVP and 3rd Party Accreditation rules rely heavily on new rules for HARPC, Environmental Monitoring, Validation and Validation of Preventive Controls. In this webinar expert speaker John Ryan will review earlier final rules and he summarize the final FSVP and 3rd Party Accreditation rules. It is critical to begin to understand how the FDA has interwoven the FSMA into more of a compact and focused set of rules than proposed rules might have led us to be...