My Thoughts on Medical Law and Ethics The Medical Law and Ethics course has taught me things pertaining to the healthcare field that I will keep with me forever. This course has taught me how to understand and react to legal and moral issues within the healthcare profession. One statement that I learned that should stick with all healthcare workers is that it is our duty to protect all patients from any harm and it is a must that we provide excellent patient care. By taking this course I’ve also learned that I will be faced with many dilemmas on a day to day basis, and I now have the knowledge to execute the situations at hand. There are so many things that the Medical Law and Ethics course has covered that pertains to the healthcare field.
Assignment 307 Task B Guidelines Best practice in handling information Staff must follow the data protection act and keep patient’s records up to date, accurate and legible. To do this staff must :- Write information about individual patient’s in their records at the end of every working shift. Written information about patient’s must be factual and accurate. Do not make assumptions or opinions about the patient. Information that is written in records must have a date, time of entry and the name who has written the information.
Unit 4222-304 Principles for implementing duty of care in health and social care. 1. Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice. 1.1 The term duty of care means to give the best care and attention to the clients i work with. This is based around each individual and their careplan so the care i give is individual to them.
The training on HIPAA Online has helped me in knowing that as a medical professional, one has a responsibility of keeping all patients medical information with a high level of confidentiality. All of the professionals in the medical field are required to observe all the guidelines of HIPAA in that when one comes in constant with patients’ information, they are required to observe all the specific guidelines provided by HIPAA. If they failed to do their jobs, they could be highly penalized for their actions. As, a human services profession this Online HIPAA training enforce me to be aware of my requirement to maintain the highest degree confidentiality of the clients’ information. This is ethical because disclosing patients’ information to third parties is very wrong because it violates the patient’s privacy rights (Mamorsky,
CONFIDENTIALITY Confidentiality is very important as we are working with vulnerable people. It is very important that we maintain confidentiality at all times. If we are told something in confidence by service user we must explain that if necessary we may need to report to our manager but will still be confidential unless further action is agreed or needed. Any care notes or service user’s care plan are also confidential so we must ensure this is kept safe. Anything that you have been told in confidence must not be noted in care
This is because, people in this industry deal with such situations and circumstances, everyday, which have a direct bearing on another person's life. That is why, it is mandatory for all healthcare organizations to have an ethics committee, a written code of ethics and written policies and procedures on ethical decision making, so that the interests of all the parties, whether the patient, his family members, the organization itself, caregivers and the community itself, are properly looked into and balanced out. What are the ethical issues which are faced by chiropractors? For the chiropractor in a traditional medical setting, ethical decisions occur occasionally and at times the chiropractor may face ethical dilemmas. In contrast, the correctional chiropractor may face ethical situations daily.
Giving a good duty of care is getting to understand different lifestyles and cultures respecting the individuality and diversity of the people who enter the hospital. Not discriminating against people because they have different ways of life or have different beliefs. Ensure that your behaviour, words and actions and those of people working in your area support a commitment to equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion. It is important that I know my personal responsibilities and liabilities under the equality legislation and any relevant codes of practice. Also to be aware of the diversity and needs of your patients and identify areas where needs could be better satisfied and where the diversity of patients could be improved.
The first step would be to employ provider relations representatives. In most plans, there are people who are fully responsible for maintaining communications with the physicians and their office staff. Their job includes obtaining feedback from the physicians and office staff, updating them on changes, troubleshooting, maintaining and managing the contracts and other required documents, and to keep things running properly. This function is extremely important and the provider relations staff must be experienced. It is important for them to represent the physician’s point of view to plan management, but they should not side against the health plan unless they are truly at fault.
Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s setting. Understand how duty of care contributes of safe practice. 1.1 To have duty of care in my work place means that I make safety with the people in my care, such as I have mandley handing to move the person safely. That I monitor their behaviour such as behaviour chats, food and fluid chats and turn charts. And that this information is keep confidential and stored in the correct way, such as locked way and only made available to other staff, doctors and other professionals such as social workers.
Definition of Duty of Care Working in the Health and Social Care industry, there is a legal requirement to act in the Service User’s best interests and provide a duty of care towards the people who are being supported. Also, employer’s have a Duty of Care to their staff, ensuring that training needs are met. My employer also has a duty of care for staff members, to ensure that working conditions are safe and suitable to deliver the service. Legally, employers must abide by relevant health & safety and employment law, as well as the common law duty of care. They also have a moral and ethical duty not to cause, or fail to prevent, physical or psychological injury, and must fulfil their responsibilities with regard to personal injury and negligence claims.