This fifth edition of Health Records and the Law addresses the substantial changes brought about by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the growth of network information systems, with discussion of state laws affecting the use and disclosure of patient data. The text also discusses the highly complex interplay of federal and state privacy laws. In addition to the considerable new material concerning HIPAA and its regulations, this edition addresses the challenging area of how patient information may be used in connection with medical research and the impact that the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act is having on public health monitoring and surveillance.

Offering unparalleled coverage of infectious diseases in children and adolescents, Feigin & Cherry's Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 8th Edition, continues to provide the information you need on epidemiology, public health, preventive medicine, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and much more. This extensively revised edition by Drs. James Cherry, Gail J. Demmler-Harrison, Sheldon L. Kaplan, William J. Steinbach, and Peter J. Hotez, offers a brand-new full-color design, new color images, new guidelines, and new content, reflecting today's more aggressive infectious and resistant strains as well as emerging and re-emerging diseases - Discusses infectious diseases according to organ system, as well as individually by microorganisms, placing emphasis on the clinical manifestations that may be related to the organism causing the disease. - Provides detailed information regarding the best means to establish a diagnosis, explicit recommendations for therapy, and the most appropriate uses of diagnostic imaging. - Features expanded information on infections in the compromised host; immunomodulating agents and their potential use in the treatment of infectious diseases; and Ebola virus. - Contains hundreds of new color images throughout, as well as new guidelines, new resistance epidemiology, and new Global Health Milestones. - Includes new chapters on Zika virus and Guillain-Barré syndrome. - Expert ConsultTM eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

The 2004-2005 Standards Manuals for Home Care service-specific standards books enhance understanding of accreditation requirements and streamline compliance efforts by including only the home care standards applicable to one of the following four categories: Home health, personal care, and support services Hospice Dispensing pharmacy, long term care pharmacy, clinical/consultant pharmacist, and freestanding ambulatory infusion services Home medical equipment, clinical respiratory services, and rehabilitation technology services Each manual contains all the standards, rationales, and elements of performance (EPs) tailored to your specific services. It also includes a comprehensive standard and element of performance applicability grid so that you can easily note which standards and EPs relate to your service-specific segment. The manuals are perfect for home care organizations that provide only one type of service or for distribution to service-specific segments of home care organizations providing multiple services. The new home care standards books also contain New streamlined format for standards, rationales, and elements of performance New Provision of Care, Treatment, and Services, and Medication Management, standards chapters New chapter on Shared Visions, New Pathways, JCAHO's new accreditation process for 2004 Revised accreditation policies and procedures to include changes from Shared Visions, New Pathways Revised and revamped Accreditation Participation Requirements chapter to include new requirements related to Shared Visions, New Pathways and JCAHO's National Patient Safety Goals Detailed crosswalks highlighting standards changes from 2003 to the reformatted standards for 2004 - 2005