It is important to analyze the different dynamics to these potential problems. Within this analyzes, I would look at the opportunities and constraints of entering data into the system. Are the constraints that the hospital staff have due to the with number of patients being seen and the time to enter the data? Analyzing the fact that there is an opportunity cost situation where possible hospital staff have a certain amount of time with each patient, and now that there has been even more work to be completed for this patient they get caught entering data and not spending the time needed with the patient. Hospital staff may not understand what opportunities that the data could bring to the hospital staff and patients?
The Case of Carmen BSHS/335 July 20, 2014 Abstract There are many different situations that will arise when working in the health care field that will cause one to question whether or not the decision they must make will cross an ethical, moral, or legal guideline. The HIPAA laws are put in place to protect the consumer as well as the facility and the professionals who work there. In this case we have a client that is in need of immunization record and does not have the time to sign for the release of these record. She also has no time to pick them up so she has requested these records sent to her via fax. HIPAA require a signature to release these records.
The reason for this is there will be a shortage of Psychiatrists, Social Workers, and Psychologists leaving their professions. Access to healthcare will be through the local DHHS offices, online, and over the phone. The problems with that is over the phone is being put on hold for periods of time just to have a question answered and hoping you get the right one. Online, you are able to access more information and read about what is going on. Any questions you have, you can just type into the computer and come up with several answers from the insurance company website itself or from other sites.
Confidentiality of Health Information, HIT 109 Research project number (40903400) The American Medical Association (AMA) has established nine guidelines to assist physicians and computer organizations to provide the confidentiality of health care information in his/her medical record when saved in computerized databases. The following eight questions contain AMA Opinion 5.07 – Confidentiality: Computers nine guidelines information. Question 1: Should corrections be date and time stamped? Within the health care industry, mistakes can and are made in a patient’s paper or electronic medical record(s) (EMR’s). When mistakes appear, it is important for the authorized personal that made the original entry to make corrections to a patient’s medical record(s).
Leaving a medical facility against a physician’s advice puts a patient at risk for untreated or incompletely treated medical issues, increases the need for subsequent readmission or visits to emergency departments and increases the risk of mortality. DAMA presents a dilemma not only to the attending physician but to the nursing staff caring for the patient. Ethically and legally, patients do have the right to agree to or retract consent for medical treatment; however the nursing management of DAMA is much more complicated and multi-faceted than the patient’s right to consent or dissent to treatment. Problems occur with the understanding of the different types of self-discharge from emergency departments, as well as how best to document such encounters and ultimately, how to improve upon current nursing
access site, several tubings, and multiple-chamber infusion pumps. You should use a labeling system that identifies the bag, infusion pump chambers, and tubing. If a nurse walks in a room and cannot identify what drug is hanging and how long it has been running; she will throw out the IV and begin new tubing. This could cause the hospital thousands of dollars due to wasted tubes thrown away prior to time needed for discarding. Patient safety risk is heightened when the tubing of intravenous medicine aren’t labeled.
Nurses are often the first point of contact for patients. Patients often must disclose personal details about their life style and past experience with nurses. This disclosure happens under the assumption that this information will only be shared on a need to know basis with those involved in their care. According to this article HIPAA regulation includes four main components: 1) Establishes limits for appropriate use and release of healthcare information; 2) Provides individuals with more control over their health information; 3) Requires the majority of healthcare providers and their agents to comply with safeguards to protect individual privacy related to healthcare information; 4) Delineates a set of civil and criminal penalties
The waters become murky, however, when one takes into account the amount of resources allocated to providing some services or procedures to certain patients. In Plato’s argument, he asserts that essentially, healthcare should be served in a manner that reflects the interests of the greater good. At what point does the greater good become more important than an individual though? Dr. Craig Wax asserts that in Plato’s society “physicians responded to the needs of the state by devoting resources to the workers, in the process ignoring the elderly, very young, critically ill, and those who were considered genetically inferior. Such practices can lead to vile immorality and atrocities.” By all accounts, empathy is one of the most important qualities in a humane society.
Jerry was accused of a medical malpractice because of prescribing a refill without the authorization of a physician. There were many legal and ethical issues that affected the decision Jerry made in ordering the prescription refill, and the knowledge of right and wrong deterred Jerry from deciding to refill the prescription. There are several methods and types of values at hand that Jerry could have used to help him make an ethical decision. Determining the appropriate course to take when faced with a difficult ethical dilemma can be a challenge, but it is always important to engage in a carefully considered ethical decision-making. Everyday health care workers around the world are faced with tough decisions.
My role as a psychiatric nurse and/or manager is understanding that as there are issues with confidentiality in medicine, so are there issues with confidentiality in behavioral health. If not more so this becomes an issue secondary to patients/clients seeking help within the context of a stigma, a labeling of a disease, what is looked upon by others as an imperfection. “Attention to ethical issues at the intersection of computing and mental health began more than a decade ago and has tended to emphasize confidentiality and privacy, professional standards, therapy, and most recently care management.” (Goodman, 1998, p. 19) What values are threatened by the increasing use of information and communication technologies in health care. Values such as respect are threatened by the use of information and communication technologies. “The inclusion of advanced directives in the electronic medical record whether respect is improved or not.” (Goodman, 1998, p. 19) Goodman speaks about the use of electronic