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11 Dec 2008, 12:10 pm
Employer has the burden of proof that a disability prevents the employee from reasonably performing the functions and duties of the positionMatter of New York State Dept. of Correctional Servs. v New York State Div. of Human Rights, 2008 NY Slip Op 09517, Decided on December 4, 2008, Appellate Division, ThirdNew York State Correction Officer Edward J. [read post]
1 Apr 2013, 4:17 am by David DePaolo
The bill is now heading to the House Health and Human Services Committee. [read post]
16 Jul 2012, 9:00 am by Mindi M. Johnson
  Included in the HITECH Act's requirements was a mandate that the Department of Health and Human Services’ ("HHS") Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") conduct audits to analyze the processes, controls and policies of certain covered entities. [read post]
12 Mar 2015, 6:30 am by EEM
, 12 March 2015, 1:30-3:00 GMT [info]- Follow live chat of expert panel in comments section.Publications:Alienation and Violence: Impact of Syria Crisis Report 2014 (UNDP & UNRWA, March 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]Doctors in the Crosshairs: Four Years of Attacks on Health Care in Syria (Physicians for Human Rights, March 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]Failing Syria: Assessing the Impact of UN Security Council Resolutions in Protecting and Assisting Civilians in Syria (ACTED… [read post]
19 Jan 2018, 12:40 pm by Howard Friedman
Today, President Trump also issued a Proclamation (full text) declaring January 22 as National Sanctity of Human Life Day. [read post]
17 Sep 2012, 7:09 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) $1.5 million and take a series of corrective actions to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule under the resolution agreement available here (“Resolution Agreement”) announced by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) on September 17, 2012. [read post]
4 Jan 2013, 4:49 am by David J. DePaolo
The laws are different, but the reviewing physician isn't being asked to make a legal determination. [read post]
1 Jul 2013, 7:56 am by David Jensen
An industry thriving on profits and reputation has little incentive to report adverse events, or protect the health and medical rights of donors. [read post]
24 Feb 2017, 11:49 am by Elizabeth Litten
Department of Health and Human Services, the agency that enforces HIPAA, issued a new guidance document on individuals’ right to access their health information under HIPAA (“Access Guidance”). [read post]
18 Jun 2019, 11:30 am by Unknown
Law, Policy, and Return to Guatemala," University of Miami Law Review, vol. 73, no. 3 (Spring 2019) [full-text]"There is No One Here to Protect You": Trauma among Children Fleeing Violence in Central America (Physicians for Human Rights, June 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]"Unaccompanied Minors at the U.S. [read post]
26 Apr 2016, 11:38 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Physicians, hospitals and other health care providers, health plans and health care clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates should review and tighten policies for allowing members of the media and even other staff, patients or visitors in their facilities not involved in patient care to film, photograph or otherwise observe a patient without that patient’s authorization in light of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil… [read post]
7 May 2020, 8:55 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
She has called on Health Secretary Matt Hancock to ensure that patients' human rights were protected by reminding NHS trusts that blanket DNRs were unlawful. [read post]
25 Jun 2014, 12:00 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
Lambert's parents have appealed to the European Court of Human Rights. [read post]
17 Jan 2013, 9:00 am by Nicole E. Stratton
The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services recently released its final rule (the "Rule") modifying the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA") and implementing the statutory requirements of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH”). [read post]
24 Jul 2014, 11:45 am by EEM
"An Assessment of Diabetes Care in Palestinian Refugee Camps in Syria," Avicenna Journal of Medicine, vol. 4, no. 3 (July/Sept. 2014) [full-text]"Associations between Life Conditions and Multi-morbidity in Marginalized Populations: The Case of Palestinian Refugees," European Journal of Public Health, Advance Access, 3 July 2014 [open access]"Nutritional Status of Women and Child Refugees from Syria -- Jordan, April-May 2014," Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol.… [read post]
13 Sep 2016, 8:11 am by Clay Hodges
These companies have First Amendment commercial free speech rights (though they’re not as broad as the free speech rights individuals have) and there’s a tension between what the FDA wants companies to say, what these companies want to say, and what the courts say the companies can say. [read post]
13 Sep 2016, 8:11 am by Clay Hodges
These companies have First Amendment commercial free speech rights (though they’re not as broad as the free speech rights individuals have) and there’s a tension between what the FDA wants companies to say, what these companies want to say, and what the courts say the companies can say. [read post]
6 Jul 2017, 4:00 am by John Willinsky
Further to this question of information rights, an appeal can be made, if not to the Canadian Bill of Rights, then to the European Convention of Human Rights. [read post]