Administrative Ethics Lyndsey Hallbauer HCS/335 September 1‚ 2014 Lawrence Fergus Administrative Ethics In the technological age that we are living many of us have social media accounts. We use these accounts to post pictures and share stories from all aspects of our lives. Though social media is a very useful tool‚ social media outlets have had their share of negative publicity. Health care professionals have the duty of caring for people who are ill and in need in part of protecting sensitive
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In the nursing profession‚ keeping patient confidentiality is of the upmost concern. It is an important feature of the nurse -patient relationship and must be maintain as basis of providing care. Confidentiality is described as respecting other people’s secret and keeping security information gathered from individuals in the privileged circumstances of a professional relationship. (Lee and Godbold ‚ 2012). The privacy act offer nurses some flexibility in using professional opinion regarding disclosure
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Administrative Ethics In 1996 Congress enacted HIPAA to protect the privacy and security of protected health information maintained by health care providers‚ which include health insurance companies‚ hospitals‚ doctors‚ and employers who sponsor self-insured health plans ("Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Of 1996 (HIPAA)"‚ 2011). HIPAA is enforced by the Department of Health and Human Services. There are two sets of regulations issued by the HHS; Standards for Privacy of Individually
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Running head: ETHICS OF CONFIDENTIALITY Ethics of Confidentiality Stacy L. Reynolds Grand Canyon University: NRS437V March 24‚ 2012 Ethics of Confidentiality In a television episode of ER which aired on NBC in 2000‚ a nurse became aware of risky sexual behaviors that had led to a 14 year old girl having a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and cervical cancer. Prior to finding this information out‚ the nurse had promised the patient that she would not tell anyone about
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Find a current administrative issue in a newspaper‚ magazine‚ or journal article relating to topics such as patient privacy‚ confidentiality‚ or HIPAA. Write a 1‚050 word paper that includes the following: •Describe the issue and its impact on the population it affects most. •What arguments or facts are used in the article to support the proposed solution? •What are the ethical and legal issues reported for your administrative issue? •Explain the managerial responsibilities related
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Administrative Ethics Paper Keisha Bullock HCS 335 January 21‚ 2013 University of Phoenix (Axia) Christine Single Administrative Ethics Paper Medical records and their contents have been an important issue concerning privacy for physicians and their patients. A health care reform bill which passed legislation in 1996 is known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) had a new rule put into place in 2000‚ which requires health care physicians and insurance providers
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Administrative Ethics Paper Joshua R. Willis October 1‚ 2012 HCS/335 Rick Johnson Administrative Ethics Paper In the health care field patient privacy and confidentiality are of the highest importance. Physicians need to maintain confidentiality and protect their patients’ privacy to keep the level of trust that is needed to provide efficient health care. Patients need to trust that their private health information will be kept confidential before they will disclose important health information
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Administrative Ethics Paper Jennifer Bradford HCS/335 Michael Taylor September 29‚ 2012 In the health care setting for administrators there is an ongoing occurrence of ethical issues implicit in daily activities. A health care administrator we have assignments to the business as well as to ourselves to help the customers and our coworkers who accommodated and checked the patients within the company. The information technology system is growing rapidly this is an ethical issue for the administrators
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Confidentiality and Workplace Ethics Confidentiality at the workplace is very important. Virtually all workplaces have information that needs to be kept confidential due to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act. As a co-op student‚ you need to be very careful not to share any confidential information with your friends or family. The laws and regulations that support confidentiality come from our collective desire to protect the rights of the individual within our society. The desire to do what
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Administrative Ethics Paper You see it everywhere: work‚ school‚ shopping malls‚ and though it is considered illegal in most states‚ the car next to you at the stop light. People are on their cell phones talking or text messaging (TM). There are some cell phones that can connect to the internet‚ but most cell phones have the ability for short message service (SMS)‚ also known as texting. Cell phones and TM are great ways to keep in touch with co-workers‚ friends‚ family members‚ and now physicians
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