Health Related Government Agencies

Running head: HEALTH RELATED GIVERNMENT AGENCIES
HEALTH RELATED GIVERNMENT AGENCIES
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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................2
Discussion:.......................................................................................................................................2
Purpose and structure of the Agency:..........................................................................................2
The policy areas falling under the Agency:.................................................................................3
Regulation under the agency:......................................................................................................4
The impact of regulation on healthcare:......................................................................................5
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................6
References:......................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction:
The United States Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), also known as the
health department, is one of the U.S. Federal Government's cabinet-level departments to protect
the health and services of all Americans. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-
being of America". The Food and Drug Administration is the Federal Department that operates
under Health and Human Services. FDA has the responsibility to protect public health through
the safeguarding of prescription drugs. It is also the FDA's responsibility to safeguard and
promote public health by controlling and monitoring food security, tobacco goods, nutritional
supplements, pharmaceuticals (medication), antibiotics, biopharmaceuticals, transfusions into
blood, medical equipment, radiation emitting equipment thermal (ERED) systems, cosmetics,
livestock foods and foods, and veterinary products. The paper focuses on the laws, regulations
and polices under FDA and the impact of these regulations on healthcare organizations.
Discussion:
Purpose and structure of the Agency:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a federal agency under the regulation of
United States Department of Health and Human Service operates over public health by
promoting an protecting health through the supervision and governance on food safety, dietary
supplements, pharmaceutical drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation
emitting devices, blood transfusions, biopharmaceuticals, vaccine, tobacco products, animal
foods and feed, and veterinary products. The United States Congress empowered FDA with the
aim to enforce the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Other laws governed by the FDA
include Section 361 of the Public Health Services Act and the associated regulations.