PM News –March 10, 2006 #2,529 Editor-Barry Block, DPM, JD
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---------PODIATRISTS IN POLITICS--------
ID DPM to Run for State Representative Position
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-------------PODIATRISTS IN THE COMMUNITY----------------
NY DPM Spearheads Literacy Program
Andrew Rubin, a podiatrist at Jamaica Hospital Medical
Center in
Jamaica, NY., sees literacy as a powerful device for change.
"It's
been proven that children who are read to at an early age
tend to do
better in school later in life, which can then benefit them
in all
aspects of their lives," he said. And that includes
health. So, in
1999 Jamaica established the Community Family Literacy
Program,
which sends health and literacy experts to elementary
schools in the
hospital's Queens service area to teach healthy living and
reading
habits to children and their parents.
Rubin, who has shepherded the program since its inception,
will
attend, often with colleagues, to speak about health topics
pertinent to elementary school children.
"Sometimes it's the first occasion the parents have
had to see the
enjoyment their child receives from reading a book,"
Rubin
said. "The hope is that the parents will then take
their child to
the library and read with them on a regular basis - and
encourage
them to read on their own about topics they find
interesting."
Rubin uses the sessions to inform parents about health
services
available at Jamaica. Given children's innate desire to
share what
they've learned with others, Rubin says the information he
shares
about health and community resources is disseminated after
the
workshops are over. "Children are a wonderful conduit
for getting
useful information to their family members," notes
Rubin.
Source: Lucy Ament, AHA News [3/6/06}
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Query: Stolen Computer and HIPAA
What the correct steps should be if a podiatrist has
computers
stolen from the office? Are there any HIPAA guidelines that
apply to
this situation?
Daalia M. Jones, 3rd Year Student, NYCPM
Editor's Comment: PM News does not provide legal advice.
The initial
step should be to contact the police and file a report of
the theft.
Under HIPAA, a physician has the responsibility to take
"reasonable"
steps to safeguard PHI. In general this would mean that the
doctor
should have a lock on the front door. Additionally, the
computers
should be password protected, so that a burglar could not
access the
data.
Burglaries do happen, and a physician would be held liable
only if
he left the front door unlocked and the computer was not
password
protected. Most likely the burglar will likely wipe the hard
drive,
so that the computer could be either used or sold.
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Query: Railroad Medicare and DME Coverage
Can anyone tell me if a patient with Railroad Medicare is
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-----RESPONSES / COMMENTS------------
RE: Cartilaginous Surface Drilling Code (Nicole Hancock,
DPM)
From: Jeff Kass, DPM
Most of the time that I personally have done subchondral
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Bunion
surgery. In those cases, I believe the subchondral drilling
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first met head would be bundled into the more extensive
bunion
surgery.
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