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Agency, Human Rights, Labor Unions, Executives and the Dress Code
Informed Agency, Advocacy, and Activism
Corporate Dresscodes Disguise verses Informed Agency
Changing the Dress Code
Used to be:
1930’s The executive secretary position was the CEO in training.
The Executive – did not wear jeans to the office.
1960s Jeans originally made for gold miners and worn by farmers make it into the counter culture.
1970’s “Dress For Success” meant suiting, heels, ties, jackets skirts, blouses, heels all a work place uniform of the white collar executive.
1990s Silly Valley West Coast hoodie culture changes to “Dress Down” everydays
2000 East coast Casual Fridays allows dark blue dress jeans
2019s East coast dark blue jeans allowed everyday and have become appropriate “executive” wear.
“White coller Executives” wear dark blue tailored jeans which helps to disguise class, status, and power in the corporate structure.
Today it’s jeans for all every day for everybody. There is no Dress for Success requirements to help disguise power inside corporations.
Corporate in their subtle way has disguised the line of power. They have created the illusion that “you are one of us, and we are one of you.”
The unions fought for the 8 hour work day and that weekend off. Turns out we all work on Maggies Farm. The work day is now 24/7/365 because we are all at their beck and cell phone text work call.
When they look like one of us – but aren’t – and they have all the power.
And robbing your ability to sue them for injustices and forcing you to work on projects without agency.
Working without the right to be in a union is under the control of corporate.
Suing to have the right to unionize is a political act.
“When they substitute their knowledge for ours, we grow angry because they have robbed us of our agency.”
Privacy is Political.
- Choosing not to work on projects that destroy privacy is a political act.
- Suing for the right of agency to know what the project will be used for is a political act.
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
Social studies is learning, doing, being, growing, and acting.
Social studies is learning, doing, being, growing, and acting.
The questions we pose, the inquiries we pursue lead us: to a deeper understanding of ourselves and others, to appreciate the complexity of the world in which we live, to grapple with difficult topics, and to speak out against systemic injustices.
The study of social studies enables us to not only have a voice, but to actively engage in our local, national, and international communities as informed, educated, and compassionate citizens. Our collective civic engagement is not simply about advocacy or action, but also about listening, questioning, respectful dialogue, and seeking common ground around shared democratic values.
Social studies teaches us that knowledge is not neutral; it is socially constructed. Thus, the real value of knowledge is what one can do with that knowledge in pursuit of inquiry. Examining how we communicate and act upon our knowledge compels us to realize the importance of critical inquiry. In fact, critical inquiry is at the heart of social studies and in practice is informed action through agency, advocacy, and activism.
[ECP] NetHappenings 3/18/19
YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION PRIVACY RIGHTS
Office for Civil Rights Headquarters
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Toll Free Call Center: 1-800-368-1019
TTD Number: 1-800-537-7697
HHS Releases Voluntary Cybersecurity Practices for Health Industry
GDPR, California’s Consumer Privacy Act, and next-generation ransomware and denial of service attacks, a firm’s ability to provide security is also becoming a matter of survival. Put it all together, and many CISOs today exist in environments where they are not understood by business executives and thus are not being included in business initiatives until it is too late and security vulnerabilities expose the enterprise to cyberattacks and compliance violations.
WHO OWNS YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS?
In 2016, more than 100 million Americans have had their electronic medical records hacked from health systems. For example, this June, Banner Health in Phoenix had a breach of 3.7 million electronic medical records.
Many hospitals throughout the country have been held hostage for their health information system by hackers and have had to pay ransom to regain control of their patients’ medical data.
2016 more than 100 million Americans have had their electronic medical records hacked. Each one can be sold for $50.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was written 20 years ago, when medical records were kept on paper, and is not applicable to the contemporary digital era.
Moreover, the pervasive selling of our medical data is unchecked, with no legal protection. The massive hacking of health system data has not resulted in any new legislation to date or enforcement via established laws.
Informed Patient Institute
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https://www.propublica.org/article/surgeon-level-risk-quotes
2016 Consumer Reports Medical Board Ratings
Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data: Physician and Other Supplier
Digital business has become a key driver to business strategy across industries.
CIOs have digital transformation at the center of their corporate
strategy. #Cybersecurity, amazingly, is often not a top-tier priority in enterprise risk management. The #CISO, is only noticed when things go wrong. This is why CISOs are almost always fired or “resign” after major data breaches. The CISO is usually the most qualified person to manage post breach forensics, cleanup, and compliance audits.
https://venturebeat.com/2019/03/16/cisos-you-need-to-manage-by-walking-around/
Think a strong information security posture means you’re complying with HIPAA? Without proper documentation for government regulators, infosec protocols might safeguard data without meeting federal criteria.
ClassAction.org is a group of online professionals who are committed to exposing corporate wrongdoing and giving consumers the tools they need to fight back. We’ve been reporting on the legal space for nearly a decade and have built relationships with class action and mass tort attorneys across the country.
Prescription Hope
Prescription Hope offers over 1,500 brand-name medications all for the
set price of $50 per month for each medication. This covers 100% of the medication cost, no matter the retail price.
Market Share Matters: Evidence Of Insurer And Provider Bargaining Over Prices
Health-care providers and insurers have to agree on how much doctors will be reimbursed before doctors begin treating insurers’ clients. Those fees, which depend on the two parties’ relative clout. Abstract
A survey of the numbers, published this week in Health Affairs, shows that small-time doctor’s offices and insurance companies are getting squeezed by their larger competitors.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/01/09/its-hard-to-be-a-small-time-family-doctor-these-days-new-data-show/
Finally, U.S. hospitals will have to post their prices online.
Hospitals must post ‘chargemaster’ prices online.
Patient Estimate team call 484.337.1970
FAQ Requirements for Hospitals To Make Public a List of Their Standard Charges via the Internet
https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/AcuteInpatientPPS/Downloads/FAQs-Req-Hospital-Public-List-Standard-Charges.pdf
The chargemaster is not a useful tool for consumers who are comparison shopping between hospitals or health systems.
The chargemaster amounts are billed to an insurance company, Medicare, or Medicaid, and those insurers then apply their contracted rates to the services that are billed. In situations where a patient does not have insurance, our hospital has financial assistance policies that apply discounts to the amounts charged.
https://www.mainlinehealth.org/patient-services/patient-billing/standard-charges
A huge trove of medical records and prescriptions found exposed Thousands of health records and doctor’s notes were exposed daily
By Zack Whittaker TechCrunch.com March 17, 2019 A health tech company was leaking thousands of doctor’s notes, medical records, and prescriptions daily after a security lapse left a server without a password. The little-known software company, California-based Meditab, bills itself as one of the leading electronic medical records software makers for hospitals, doctor’s offices, and pharmacies. The company, among other things, processes electronic faxes for healthcare providers, still a primary method for sharing patient files to other providers and pharmacies. But that fax server wasn’t properly secured, according to the security company that discovered the data. SpiderSilk, a Dubai-based cybersecurity firm, told TechCrunch of the exposed server. The exposed fax server was running a Elasticsearch database with over six million records since its creation in March 2018. The faxes also included personal data and health information on children. None of the data was encrypted. […] Board of Directors responsible
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The server was hosted on an subdomain of MedPharm Services, a Puerto Rico-based affiliate of Meditab, both founded by Kalpesh Patel.
NY Governor Cuomo Calls For Investigation on Facebook Health Data Collection
American Travelers Seek Cheaper Prescription Drugs In Mexico And Beyond
In Utah last year, the Public Employee Health Plan took this idea to a new level with its voluntary Pharmacy Tourism Program. For certain PEHP members who use any of 13 costly prescription medications — including the popular arthritis drug Humira — the insurer will foot the bill to fly the patient and a companion to San Diego, then drive them to a hospital in Tijuana, Mexico, to pick up a 90-day supply of medicine.
TechCrunch: Screen time inhibits toddler development, study finds. “In news that will surprise few but still alarm many, a study has found that kids 2-5 years old who engage in more screen time received worse scores in developmental screening tests. The apparent explanation is simple: when a kid is in front of a screen, they’re not talking, walking or playing, the activities during which basic skills are cultivated
Researchers Create Algorithm to Protect Kids from Disturbing YouTube Videos
Computer program that could bypass patents to produce synthetic drugs Software that can bypass current intellectual property and design medication with the same function as top drugs could help pharma companies…
“Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey alleges eight Sackler family members and nine Purdue board members or executives played key roles in the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic.
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