When patients only seek healthcare from an emergency provider their care is more expensive and may be disjointed because emergency providers do not have access to a patient’s complete medical chart. In this situation, duplicate testing is done and medications may be prescribed that are not safe for the patient. The use of the emergency room as a primary care provider and the disjointed care of patients in the emergency room are two of the many challenges that healthcare providers and governments face when a patient with chronic health problems loses their healthcare coverage. One step that may assist governments in providing safe and effective care for patients who do have chronic health issues but do not have health insurance is to provide a healthcare insurance program where the premium cost for the
Ethics Case Study I chose the case study 17, The Public Needs to Know. Don’t They? This case is about the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) laws of privacy. These laws state the following “Any healthcare provider that electronically stores, processes or transmits medical records, medical claims, remittances, or certifications must comply with HIPAA regulations. HIPAA does not require a practice to purchase a computer-based system as it applies only to electronic medical transactions.
Healthcare executives have a responsibility to address the growing number of complex ethical dilemmas they are facing, but they cannot and should not make such decisions alone or without a sound decision-making framework. This paper will summarize knowledge gain on personal ethical decision making from the self-assessment. It will describe the effect of professional ACHE standards on personal ethical decision making. It equally will cover how individual ethics influence personal decision making. Last it will
There is nothing that says judges, individuals, or companies can ignore a law once its made because their beliefs don't follow under that law. Some people may believe in human sacrifice but that doesn't make it any less then murder. In The Judge John Kane case it was said that they were merely trying to follow through with their First Amendment right of freedom of religion. Although freedom of religion means they have the freedom to have it within the boundaries of the law. Health insurance is not a part of the religion therefore they must follow the Obama mandate.
With the Chancellor’s totalitarian rule, the people had no rights and no way to vote him or any other officials out of office. Another document that protects the United State’s liberty and equality is the Bill of Rights, amendments to the Constitution. The very first amendment of the Constitution states that there will be no law restricting the freedom of speech, freedom of press,
Legal and Ethical Issues in Health The law has a lot to say about personal decision-making. People have the legal right to make their own health care decisions. However, poor health can jeopardize people's ability to exercise their legal rights. Safeguarding these rights requires advance thinking and planning. The law is a rule of conduct or action prescribed by a controlling authority.
Reflecting that market forces alone do not always allocate health resources appropriately, CON regulation has a lengthy history in federal and state law, The rationale for imposing market entry controls is that regulation, grounded in community-based planning, will result in more appropriate allocation and distribution of health care resources and, thereby, help assure access to care, maintain or improve quality, and help control health care capital spending,” according to the American Health Planning Association’s description of the CON process, he state health planning activities that initially guided CON regulations have diminished considerably, but CON laws remain in 36 states and the District of Columbia. Some contend that CON requirements have overly constrained health care growth and development, while others believe that the CON process helps restrain providers from creating significant excess capacity for lucrative equipment, services and
Healthcare Policy Analysis Paper HIPPA Privacy Rules HSM 410 Abstract The policy that I will be analyzing is the HIPPA Privacy Rules. The issue with this policy is that it is difficult in the health care profession to protect its data. This being an issue because there are so many people who need access to patient information, as well as having the correct storage facility for protected health information. Introduction The history of HIPPA Privacy Rules was implemented in 1996 by former President Bill Clinton. The privacy rule is a set of national standards for the protection of certain health information.
The Policy Process Part I Cornelia R. McCoy HCS/455 April 17, 2012 David C. Carmon The Policy Process Part I One of the biggest issues in the United States is people not having access to health care that is affordable. In order to alleviate this issue, there are many policies that are created and implemented. A Health policy is a positioned course of action carried out by supervision or health care organizations to gain a preferred conclusion (OJIN, 2007). Before these policies are implemented, there is a process that one must go through to get to that point. The policy process pertain to everyone the particular choices and proceedings that are necessary for a policy to be projected, well thought-out and to end with whichever implemented
The WHO definition of health is just one of many, as everyone’s perceptions of health vary, making it a difficult concept to define in unlimited terms. According to Scriven (2010), the health professional’s understanding of the concepts of health has altered over time from a mechanistic view of the body and overall health to a more dynamic model of health. In order to promote health, good communication and interpersonal skills are essential for healthcare workers. These skills must be developed in order to build relationships with patients (Kraszewski and McEwen, 2010). The purpose of this assignment is to critique the interaction between a health professional and a service user taking into consideration the winder determinants of health, models of health promotion and models of communication, including any barriers that are observed.