Furthermore, the severity of securing health information is essential and it impacts the Health Information Management professional and if there is a breach of privacy, the contributions a HIM professional makes in response to these challenges is significantly important in the maintenance and security of health information. According to Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Information Management, it is emphasized that security of health information is the protection of the confidentiality, privacy and security of health information. According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “the number of hospital inpatient care and outpatient department care discharges exceeds 100.7 million” (CDC). That is over 100.7 million documents of private data a Health Information Management professional is held accountable for. The failure to preserve such data can result in breach of the HIPAA Privacy Rule pertaining to PHI.
In health care ethical decisions not only affect the practice but the patients as well. Effect ACHE Standards on Ethical Decision Making The ethical decision standards of the ACHE need to be tough, this is necessary as these standards involve the entire health care network. The ACHE’s Ethics Toolkit provides the user with the assistance needed to influence values and strong ethics; it also helps develop additional ethical guidelines and insight into the appropriate ethical approach when needed. The American College of Health Care Executives expects health care professionals to adhere to a number of
Discussion Case: Alcoa’s Core Values in Practice Nicholas Goldstein BUS250: Corporate and Social Responsibility Instructor Margaret Browne August 13, 2012 Discussion Case: Alcoa’s Core Values in Practice Alcoa (Aluminum Company of America) has a very strong values based culture and ethical work climate that wants their employees to live by the values that encompass integrity, environment, health and safety, customer, accountability, excellence, people, and profitability (Lawrence & Weber, 2011). In this case their main concern in their ethical work climate is the health and safety of its employees. The ethical criterion that seems to be most apparent in this case is that of “Principle” know as the integrity approach. It also seems from the case that benevolence (concern for others approach) could also fit the mold, but principle seems more relative. Top management in the Alcoa, CEO Paul O’ Neill, played an excellent and critical role in the development and implementation of the ethical work climate and organizational performance in the company.
Duty of care contributes to safe practice. 1.1 As a care worker we have a legal obligation to have a 'duty of care (towards adults within a care service, as well as others such as colleagues and ourselves). We are required to work in the best interests of the adults using the service, including the wellbeing and safety of him/her. This would involve practices that are not detrimental to health as well as our own health, for example only carrying out practices within own level of competence as well as role and responsibilities. It is important to carry out duties that are in own job description, and that you are competent, it is also therefore necessary to regularly update own knowledge and skills in order to uphold and provide care standards in accordance with codes of practice of care setting and services.
Ethical Issues with Informed Consent Crisol Escobedo, Javier Guerrero, Gilbert Lujan, Abril Ramirez, and Diana Serrano University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, Texas, USA 1 Introduction Informed consent is a vital step to any research project. It is the process in which a patient/participant consents to participate in a research project after being informed of its procedures, risks, and benefits (Bulger, 2002)[3]. Ideally, after fully comprehending the information about the project, the patient/participant gives full and conscious consent for the physician/scientist to continue with the procedure. There are many ethical issues that are entwined with the informed consent process. In order to fully appreciate the importance of this process, the history that led to its inclusion in research projects must be understood.
The most important role or function for a health care manager There are several roles and functions that a health care manager incorporates. The function that the manager has is to change with the times as well as the stock holders on how the facility is run. The manager must be accountable for not only him or herself but also the employees. He or she has to be able to have on the spot decision- making at all times. The production of the facility has to flourish for the cost of the hospital to be in the black and not the red.
Ethical Healthcare Issues Paper These current healthcare issues that are affecting our society are blood transfusion, the ability to receive medical treatment. There are many ethical health care issues that are currently affecting our society. This issue affects our society because it enables patients to receive blood transfusions in many situations that can save lives. Therefore, many reasons behind blood transfusions performed for injury, major surgeries and related blood disorders. In this paper, we will discuss the importance of blood transfusion and reasons why it is a current ethical health care problem.
ACSM does a fantastic job protecting the public’s interest first, but the members of the college closely second. Examples of the publics’ interest include, maintaining confidentiality of personal medical information, be treated or trained with the upmost care. A, Section 4, says it best, “The ideals of the College imply that the responsibilities of each Fellow or member extend not only to the individual, but also to society with the
Ethical Analysis Cassandra J. Champion HCS 525 Leadership Monday, August 20, 2012 Glenda A. Harsen, MSN, RN Ethical Analysis A leader is a person that can carry himself/herself with poise and truth; they must possess excellent communication skills, great moral and ethical values. Ethics may have many definitions to many different people and dependent upon what one is talking about in health care will define what type of ethics one is concerned with. An ethical analysis is when one takes a stand and looks at the multiple aspects that are dealt with in a particular health care setting and whether they ethical or unethical. This ethical analysis will be based on the Latino race and the mental health issues that they face.
This next principle is “A pharmacist respects the autonomy and dignity of each patient” (American Pharmacists Association). A pharmacist is to allow patients make initial decisions when it comes to medical decisions. The patients must be able to be aware of the complications and risks that occur when taking the specific type of medications. Though these are not all eight principle, the main points and values consumed by the pharmacist are present. Though each principle is a part of the code of ethics, there are flaws to them as well.