Doctors who lack proper training or those who have impairment problems tend to believe that their patients are honest about issues concerning prescriptions. These may include certain issues such as losing prescriptions, or early refills. This, however, only happens when the doctor fails to identify a drug abuse problem in the patient. Another ethical dilemma in the same field occurs when doctors do not disclose full patient history in the medical file of the patient. This may cause other doctors to prescribe the wrong drug thus putting the life of the patient at risk, either due to possible
In the scenario, Emergency department staff members were likely shaken by this poor outcome of Mr. B., and would be motivated to change to a safer model just to avoid a repeat in the future. Staff members may be reluctant to change because of established habits in patient flow. This reluctance to change would be an identifiable restraining force, which opposes process improvement. Implementing a model which allows for rapid, safe adjustment to increasing acuity would help avoid poor outcomes in the future. Follow-up is
Interpretation of the ECG reading is the responsibility of the Doctors not the nursing/ care support staff. Doctors who are unsure of how to interpret the ECG reading must seek advice from another Doctor who is competent before administrating any treatment. Doctors/Consultants wishing to change a patient’s medications prescribed by another consultant following an ECG should seek advice from the named consultant first.
Williams first would be a malpractice lawsuit if something was to go wrong with the caller taking the medication. If the patient passed away from complications of taking the refill then that opens the door for a wrongful death lawsuit. Jerry could lose his license as well as Dr. Williams if Jerry calls in the refill and the patient has an adverse reaction. When it comes to problem solving for this situation, Jerry just need to weigh out the pros and cons of him calling in the refill without consulting Dr. Williams. He needs to think about what is best for the practice, for Dr. Williams, and what’s best for Jerry and his job.
This presents a problem not only for the providers and other employees, but also for the patients who legitimately require the use of narcotics for their pain control. Recently more physicians are hesitant to write narcotic drug prescriptions for their patients because the manpower to keep track of the people on these medications is not available. Doctors and pharmacists are required to take many unnecessary steps to ensure that the people receiving narcotic drugs are doing so legally. In order to protect themselves from audits by the Drug Enforcement Agency and malpractices suits, more and more doctors are calling each pharmacy before prescribing pain medication to ensure that a ptient is only using one pharmacy. Upon receiving a controlled prescription, the pharmacist will also call other pharmacies to check a patient history and then call the patient’s insurance carrier, if one is available, to check even further.
Assignment “Devise a list of guidelines for staff to follow when completing records of clients” Following the six principles of the Caldicott Report which clarifies the need to protect and respect patients /clients privacy, identity and confidentiality at all times re: their medical history/diagnoses/Care and Treatment. These are following are guidelines based on the Caldicott Report, that I would recommend for staff to follow when completing clients records. * “Justify the purpose”: Client’s identifiable information that is used within the organisation should only record what is required, it must be accurate and clearly written, up to date, relevant and regularly reviewed by a senior member of staff. * “Do not use identifiable information unless it is absolutely necessary”: When recording information write only what is necessary and be aware that the client or advocate can access their records if they wish. * “Use the minimum necessary re patient’s identifiable information”: Where the use of patient’s identifiable information is considered to be essential, only record relevant information that is required or requested.
Parents are often baffled and frustrated by the DSM and Psychiatrists are calling for an overhaul of the manual. Professionals are questioning the essential design of the DSM and accuracy of the way disorders are defined and are yielding to the need for new approaches to diagnosing disorders. There has been a shift in how the diagnostic system is developed. In times past symptoms and treatments were based on data collected from clinicians but the power has been taken away from practitioners and has transferred to academicians and researchers. Supposedly, the switch was to create operational diagnostic criteria’s, which is seen as more consistent than ones based on clinicians descriptions.
On the other hand opponents of assisted suicide do not believe this is the only way to secure a good health alternative. Opponents believe that it is important to make a patient feel comfortable and help them improve their quality of life not end life just because it is an option or that they may feel they are a burden to loved ones. Assisted suicide can be performed by a physician or a person who is willing to help a patient end their life. This paper will focus on physician assisted suicide (PAS), this has been a controversial issue in many countries and have many different opinions on the ethics behind assisted suicide. To further examine the data the utilitarian ethics approach will be used.
Unlike medications, supplement Dietary Supplements 3 makers do not have to prove their products are safe or effective. The FDA, however, can force a supplement from the market if it proves it is unsafe (nutrition.about.com, n.d.). Dietary supplements can be good for the body if there are substances lacking in the body. If a person has diseases, supplements can help control them. It is best to consult a doctor before taking supplements because they can interact with medications, causing bad reactions.
One should be able to do his or her job without fear of being bullied or harassed. If one feels uncomfortable with his or her situation at work they should have a place to go and someone to talk to with feeling threatened. Once the patient was pushed to the breaking point of possible suicide or presented a threat to others he should have been afforded the same confidential and privacy that all patients receive when being treated at a hospital or doctor’s office. One could argue that due to the mental state of the staff member/patient could warrant the need to review the medical records as a safety precaution. In this case, the supervisor should have approached Human Resources sooner and allowed them to make the decisions to breach the privacy and confidentiality.