[Module 4] Flashcards
is a federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient’s consent or knowledge.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
The Rooming-in and Breastfeeding Act (DOH)
RA 7600 [1992]
Nutrition Act of the Philippines
Pres decree No. 491 [1974]
Food Safety Act
RA 10611 [2013]
Nutrition and Dietetics Law (PRC)
RA10862 [2015]
“ Kalusugan at Nutrisyon ng Magnanay Act”
RA 11148 [2018]
Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN Law) (DOH, FDA - DOST, DENR, DTI, CDA)
RA8172 [1995]
National Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, Breastmilk Supplements and other Related Products.
Executive Order 51 [1986]
Whom does HIPAA cover?
All persons working in a healthcare facility or private office
* Students
* Non-patient care employees
* Health plans (e.g., insurance companies)
* Billing companies
* Electronic medical record companies
Why was HIPAA established?
To focus of the statute is to create confidentiality systems within and beyond healthcare facilities
Having a goal of keeping protected health information private.
What are basic HIPAA goals?
- To limit the use of protected health information to those with a “need to know”
- To penalize those who do not comply with confidentiality regulations
as mandated by law, this is the country’s highest policy-making and coordinating body on nutrition.
National Nutrition Council of the Philippines (NNCP)
NNC Core Functions
Formulate national food and nutrition policies and strategies and serve as the policy, coordinating and advisory body of food, nutrition and health concerns;
Coordinate planning, monitoring, and evaluation of the national nutrition program;
Coordinate the hunger mitigation and malnutrition prevention program to achieve relevant Millennium
Development Goals;
Strengthen competencies and capabilities of stakeholders through public education, capacity building and skills development;
Coordinate the release of funds, loans, and grants from government organizations (NGOs); and
Call on any department, bureau, office, agency and other instrumentalities of the government for assistance in the form of personnel, facilities and resources as the need arises.
What is a Genome?
A genome is an organism’s complete set of DNA, including all of its genes; or the full complement of genetic material in the chromosomes of a cell.
What is nutritional genomics?
Nutrigenomics or ‘nutritional genomics’ – is the study of all the genetic factors that influence the biological response to diet and the impact diet has on gene expression. It is also the study of dietary effects on gene expression.
