ETHICS CASE STUDY BRANDI M C UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX In healthcare many things go off of ethics, every healthcare worker has to understand that. In this case study Jerry Mccall has to decide whether to call in a medication refill without consulting the doctor first. Many things need to be considered like legal consequences, patient complications, consequences for Dr. Williams. All of these could have grave consequences for Jerry. In this case study Jerry Mccall takes a call asking for a prescription refill, the person requesting the refill isn’t a normal patient of Dr. Williams he states he is a close friend.
The lack of enforcement of these legislative enactments makes patient dumping an ongoing dilemma. Furthermore, the hospitals are finding ways to overlook the EMTALA requirements by rerouting patients prior to their
The Leadership standard also was not met due to staffing insufficiencies. 3.a. There is a link between the amount of staff and their experience with the kind of care and how safe that care is being provided to patients. The organization has failed to respond to the need for more medical staff which in turn has led to the demise of the conditions of the working
In company governance in works all an equivalent your staff and foundation is predicated on the principle of constructing positive all duties and goals are met and in come back success will follow. Conclusion In the paper it talks about Dr. DoRight of Universal Human Care Hospital that can manage when he discovers that patients inside the hospital are dying as a results of a spread of illegal procedures by doctors and nurses and negligent supervision and oversight on their half. The interior stakeholders of the hospital are reaching to do their best in guarding the hospital so that they might protect the nurses or staff reporting the incorrect doings. So the employees are trying to stop while its ahead so hospital does not lose money that would cut employee pay and further protect patients from illegal action.
The administrators even go as far as to not keep medical records. If they do not have the medical records then they do not have to treat the patient. What is even more outrageous is the use of Article 99. Article 99 is a legal loophole allowing veteran hospitals to only provide medical service to vets if the injury or illness was caused during actual service. It is a loophole the administrators found because they refuse to take
This causes a potential loss of business from the patient and whoever the patient tells about the incident. Before long, the hospital will have a bad reputation in the community’s eyes. This is never a good thing for any health care team member involved. Depending on the severity of the breach, it’s also possible that someone can lose their medical license on top of being fined. A health care team must learn to obey the rules and regulations of the HIPAA Privacy
They believe that it would be better if nurses only practice under the guidance and supervision of the doctor. They believe that allowing them to practice independently would be detrimental to their patients (Mills, 2009). They would be prone to some misdiagnosis, failure to attend to less obvious, but potentially life-threatening problems as well as prescriptive errors. In fact, they maintained that many deaths in the hospital would be realized due to errors made in prescriptions. According to them, nurses however much trained and experienced lack skills to manage and deal with complex living with multi-system diseases.
According to his colleagues, he makes unprofessional comments and gestures that make it hard for everyone to work with him. His leadership style contradicts the hospital’s mission statement, which emphasizes on cooperation and respect. In a long-term perspective, the hospital should not renew Dr. Ventura’s contract. His inappropriate behaviors will lead to a high turnover rate within
Aaron Estoup 21 May 2014 PHL 444 Essay #2 Donald Cowart case was influential to the topic of patient-physician autonomy. Dax did not want to remain alive after his horrendous accident that left his body almost completely burnt. He was in constant pain and felt that he was useless as a human being and felt like death was warranted. He in fact wanted to die because he believed that his life was no longer worth the pain and suffering due to his reduced quality of life. The doctors did not feel that he was in the appropriate state of mind to make this decision on his own, primarily his surgeon Dr. Larson.
'Exploitative However, despite support from some senior transplant surgeons, there is wide opposition within the medical community, which claims it would exploit those who are short of money. The BMA maintains that it does not agree with the concept. Dr Michael Wilks, chairman of its Ethics Committee, said: "The BMA is against payment for organs and is not planning to change its policy. "We are holding a conference today where many issues will be debated, one of them is organ