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Health Information Security and Related Impacts

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) has impacted all patients with the general intention of protecting our privacy and rights as a patient.

Using your text book and the internet, research HIPAA and provide and reflect on what this Act was intended to address. Also provide a brief overview of how this has impacted you as an individual consumer/patient.

Please respond to the initial question by day 5 and be sure to post two additional times to peers and/or instructor by day 7. The initial post by day 5 should be 75 to 150 words, but may go longer depending on the topic. If you use any source outside of your own thoughts, you should reference that source. Include solid grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling.

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Infertility

Infertility can be a very hard obstacle for married couples.

Based on your readings this week, what are male and female factors that can lead to infertility?

What is Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and what are some benefits of using ART to conceive versus conceiving naturally?

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isual Aids

Think about the different styles of speeches we’ve learned about in this course. What visual aids would you use in a demonstration speech versus a persuasive speech? How can visual aids enhance your delivery? Lastly how
can the use of visual aids be detrimental to your delivery?

For your discussions you’ll first identify scholarly articles regarding visual aids. This can include scholarly videos as well! Discuss the principles for selecting and implementing visual aids for your demonstration speech this week.

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Consideration

Consideration is one mechanism by which the legal system determines what contracts the courts will enforce.

• Do you think the legal system should enforce more promises?
• Why or why not?