Why it is important for HIPAA and the Bill of Rights to work in the healthcare system. Both HIPAA and the Bill of Rights have significance to the healthcare system throughout the United States because of the strict guidelines implemented to make healthcare facilities a better place; for both patients and health officials. These two laws that have been implemented have been the cornerstone for many years. This helped balance the right of patients, doctors, nurses and other officials working in different healthcare facilities. Since incumbent President Bill Clinton signed the HIPAA policy into law, it has been a boost for healthcare facilities across the United States. This law contributed to improving the conditions of healthcare facilities. HIPAA policy requires healthcare facilities to have documents in place when a patient is admitted to the hospital to see a doctor in the clinic or all confidential documents must be signed on an inpatient. When these documents are signed, the patient and other people they have authorized to view any documents, for example: medical records of the patient's medications, illnesses, test results, etc. The other side of the signature is a confidentiality document under the HIPAA health policy officials many times became frustrated because they could not cross the lines. Many times family members or friends who are not authorized to obtain valuable medical information come at all hours of the day to ask for critical medical reasons, nurses, doctors and other officials require my law not to disclose information by telephone or in private if the name of the person or persons is not present in the privacy document. Having a… middle of paper… responsibility to exercise wishes on behalf of the patient. The hospital has the right to enforce the individual's wishes. Many times family members are so emotional and try to reverse the patient's wishes in court, but the court many times has sided with an appointee, the appointee has the right to make important decisions in the care of patients, for example example: signing up for treatment, procedures, medications. He or she has the right, in the event of the patient's death, the appointee has the right to direct where the burial will take place. In this case, the family members have no rights, they cannot exercise anything due to the legal value of the living will. But if the patient in question does not have a living will under different laws, the responsible person is his spouse, if there is no spouse. The next commander is that of his sons.