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
European Union
Restreint
ECO 291
CODEC 92
Common Position (EC) No /95
Adopted by the Council on 20 February 1995
With a View to Adopting
Directive 94/ /EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
on the Protection of Individuals
With Regard to the Processing of Personal Data
And on the Free Movement of Such Data
On the
The Keys Amendments to the Social Security Act (Section 1616[e]) were enacted in 1976 with the goal of preventing Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients from being in substandard board and care homes. Under Keys, the States are required to certify to DHHS that all facilities in which significant number of SSI recipients reside meet app
To varying degrees of specificity, all state statutes provide mandated reporters with instructions for the reporting process. 34 States generally require that mandated reporters notify the appropriate authorities within one to three days of encountering a case of suspected abuse. Mandated reporters can usually make an initial report orally, via t
Overview
Minnesota Rules, Rule 223 and Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 245A establish procedures and standards for the licensure of adult day care centers or adult day services centers and family adult day services providers that regularly provide care for functionally impaired adults.
Licensure and Certification Requirements
The authors summarize the progress made in the past decade toward making homeless assistance programs more accountable to funders, consumers, and the public. They observe that research on the costs of homelessness and cost offsets associated with intervention programs has been limited to people who are homeless with severe mental illness. But this
Contents
Background About the Four Cities
Immigrants Access to Medicaid and the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Immigrants Access to Health Services
Safety Net Providers Organizational and Financial Responses
Factors Shaping the Policy Responses
Conclusion
HHS and the Institute of Medicine launched the Health Data Initiative (also known as the Open Data Initiative) in 2010. The purpose of the Health Data Initiative is to encourage “innovators to utilize health data to develop applications to raise awareness of health and health system performance and spark community action to improve health.” 1
Steve Cohen, AHRQ (moderator) Daniel Barth-Jones, Columbia University Khaled El Emam, University of Ottawa and Privacy Analytics Denise Love, National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) Brad Malin, Vanderbilt University Latanya Sweeney, Federal Trade Commission and Harvard University
Cohen: We need to be forward looking—let’s t
Khaled El Emam noted that de-identification has been simplified through automation. The process of de-identification in practice involves assessing risk, classifying the variables in the file, and mapping the data. These contribute to specifications in an automated anonymization engine through which the original data are run to produce the anony
Federal agencies have a long history of releasing data to the public, and they also have a legal obligation to protect the confidentiality of the individuals and organizations from which the data were collected. Federal agencies have successfully balanced these two objectives for decades. With the new emphasis on expanding public access to federal
The Memphis SC2 team was deployed in September 2011. Upon arrival, a kickoff meeting was held in Memphis with team members, both those located in Memphis and those working remotely. The SC2 team later met with city agencies and community organizations to identify opportunities for SC2 team involvement. The SC2 team first spent time reviewing the 1
Challenges facing the City of Detroit are, to quote one city staff member, “very, very simple.” The city needed staff who understood the city’s priorities, which were immediate, urgent, and basic by many standards. In this environment, team members and particularly the SC2 team lead primarily served transactional roles for the city, frequent