Exploratory Study of Health Care Coverage and Employment of People with Disabilities: Final Report
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Barriers to and Supports for Work Among Adults with Disabilities: Results from the NHIS-D
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Appendix E - Program Evaluations
Program evaluations can play an important role in formulating goals, objectives, and implementation strategies for a variety of planning activities throughout the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Program evaluations also tell us whether our efforts are successful. While there are still gaps in what we know, we now are beginning to as
HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Appendix B - External Factors
In some cases, achieving our strategic goals and objectives may be impeded by factors that are beyond the control of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). For example, national or local economic conditions can influence whether we are successful in helping families on welfare become economically independent. In some cases, there may b
HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Appendix A - Coordination
Many programs within the Department have goals, objectives, and target populations that appear similar. Likewise, many Department programs appear to duplicate or overlap programs in other Federal agencies. Many state, local, and private sector programs also have goals, objectives, and target populations in common with Department programs. Because
Privacy and Health Research. Potential Harms from Wrongful Disclosure
Wrongful disclosure of confidential health data may occur either through carelessness— through gossip in a clinic, for instance, or lazy discarding of clinical records—or through deliberate transgression, either by someone associated with the data-holder or by an outsider.
Privacy and Health Research. Privacy and Confidentiality in Health Care(13)
An inevitable logical starting-point is the hallowed medical privacy tradition dating back at least as far as Hippocrates—but one doesn't have to be cynical to surmise that even Dr. H's own receptionist may have gossiped about patients' foibles and maladies.... The precept of nondisclosure is an ideal. But it has been, and should still be, centr
Privacy and Health Research. Major Current Issue Clusters
The Report identifies many problem areas. The following are four large groups of issues that, while not entirely new, are growing rapidly in scale and complexity, and must urgently be attended to:
Secondary uses of data, and data linking
Research on private-sector health data
Cybersecurity
Genetic privacy.
Issue cluster: Secondary res
Directive 95/ /EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union. Chapter VI. Supervisory Authority and Working Party on the Protection of Individuals with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data
Article 28 Supervisory authority
Each Member State shall provide that one or more public authorities are responsible for monitoring the application within its territory of the provisions adopted by the Member States pursuant to this Directive.
These authorities shall act with complete independence in exercising the functions entrusted to t
Directive 95/ /EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union. Chapter II. General Rules on the Lawfulness of the Processing of Personal Data
Article 5
Member States shall, within the limits of the provisions of this Chapter, determine more precisely the conditions under which the processing of personal data is lawful.
SECTION 1
PRINCIPLES RELATING TO DATA QUALITY
Article 6
1. Member States shall provide that personal data must be:
(a) processed fairly and lawfully;
HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Objective 2.7 - Improve the Economic and Social Development of Distressed Communities
How We Will Accomplish Our Objective
We will promote active involvement of HHS grantees in support of comprehensive community development networks. Our strategy will include:
HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Objective 2.6 - Increase Independence and Quality of Life of Persons with Long-Term-Care Needs
How We Will Accomplish Our Objective
We will promote policies that empower individuals needing long-term-care services to be involved in the planning and directing of their services.
HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Objective 2.5 - Increase the Proportion of Older Americans Who Stay Active and Healthy
How We Will Accomplish Our Objective
We will support an initiative to prevent falls--a leading cause of functional decline in the elderly. Our strategy will focus on:
HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Objective 2.2 - Increase the Parental Involvement and Financial Support of Non-Custodial Parents in the Lives of Their Children
How We Will Accomplish Our Objective
We will implement strategies to increase child support collections from non-custodial parents. These will include:
HHS Strategic Goals and Objectives - FY 2001 . Objective 2.1 - Improve the Economic Independence of Low Income Families, Including Those Receiving Welfare
How We Will Accomplish Our Objective
We will provide technical assistance to promote the adoption of best practices and innovative strategies by states in their welfare to work programs. Our strategy will include:
PDF State Nursing Home Quality Improvement Programs: Site Visit and Synthesis Report. Aspects of Missouri's Quality Improvement Programs Noted to Work Well
Most of the stakeholders contacted believed that the program as a whole was very beneficial. Feedback from providers that is collected on evaluation forms following technical assistance visits by the QIPMO nurses was overwhelmingly positive. A facility director of nursing expressed that "QIPMO visits are free, not punitive, supportive and encourag
State Nursing Home Quality Improvement Programs: Site Visit and Synthesis Report. Aspects of Iowa's Quality Improvement Programs Noted to be Less Successful
Although there was agreement that nursing facilities appreciated recognition for good performance, there was concern expressed by the Ombudsman that these awards gave consumers a false sense of security. In their experience, they noted that consumers seeing a Best Practice icon on the website or a Deficiency Free Certificate assumed that the facil
State Nursing Home Quality Improvement Programs: Site Visit and Synthesis Report. Alzheimer Training
SB1202 required that nursing homes provide Department of Elder Affairs (DOEA) approved Alzheimer's disease training to specified employees. The Alzheimer's Association was at the table at the LTC task force and advocated strongly for this initiative. The goal is to provide a very basic understanding, information and working knowledge of how to wor