Administrative Ethics Misty Sorensen HCS/335 August 19, 2012 Christine Singel Administrative Ethics Patient privacy is the responsibility of the medical organization that treats the patient. Patients have the right to have their medical issues kept private from people that do not need to know the information. The federal government has created the HIPPA policy to help medical organizations understand and follow rules to protect the privacy of the patients that come to the organization
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Ethics Case Study Stacey HCS/335 September 22, 2011 Dr. Lawrence Fergus Ethics Case Study The purpose of this paper is to discuss a hypothetical case analysis involving Dr. Williams’ office assistant Jerry McCall. Jerry was in the office answering phones while the receptionist was at lunch when he received a call from a patient who stated he had an urgent need for a prescription called into the pharmacy. The patient was leaving town within minutes and needed the medication prior to catching
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HCS/335 Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility Lawrence Fergus Ethics Case Study Samantha Ruiz 04/17/2011 Jerry McCall is Dr. Williams’ office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium, an antidepressant medication, called in right away to his pharmacy, since he is leaving for the airport in thirty
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Ethics Case Study Ranacia Alford HCS/335 Ruby Wesley Shadow In order to make ethical decisions in the medical office setting, everyone should have a clear understanding of their role in the practice. Knowing the scope of their work allows employees to perform their jobs better and to keep from making mistakes that could reflect badly on the liable provider. In the case study that will be discussed, Jerry, the office assistant, is asked to refill a prescription for Valium, a controlled substance
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Administrative Ethics- HIPAA HCS/335- Health Care Ethics and Social Responsibility Ruth Bundy September 26, 2011 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA was introduced to the House of Representative in 1996. HIPAA was a huge piece of legislation that was intended to fix many aspects of health care and health insurance, and includes sections that ensure portability of health insurance, simplify the administration of health insurance coverage, and standardize electronic
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Administrative Ethics Paper Tiffany Wilson HCS/335 March-Monday, 2015 Maria Soohey Administrative Ethics Paper HIPAA is a big issue now a day, even more so when you talk about electronic records, you have both good, and bad, but how much does the good out weight the bad. I mean you have the comfort of any provider being able to look at what was done, and where you treatment is heading. This will prevent you from starting every doctor’s visit with a long history; it can be reviewed before
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ETHICS CASE STUDY PAM SIMMONS UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX HCS/335 HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY STEVE LINERODE FEBRUARY 21, 2011 This is an ethic case study that is very important for everyone to know and to understand. People face different situations, every day in their lives. Whether it being a doctor, lawyer, or whatever, everyone goes through tough times. Ever since, we can remember, health care has been the main focus for an individual having anything that is wrong
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Administrative Ethics Le'Chonnia Ware HCS/335 November 5, 2011 Brenda Boyd Administrative Ethics There is an article that spoke about two women who both had heart attacks on the same day. Both of the women went to the same hospital. The hospital was not equipped to handle two heart attacks that happen that close. This article bothered me because of how this situation was handled. It should not have happen the way it happened. Instead of trying to save both lives a doctors’ made a decision
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Administrative Ethics HCS/335 Health Care Ethics and Social Responsibility June 3, 2013 Anthem Blue Cross is a major health insurance provider with approximately 800,000 customers and has more individual policyholders in California than any other insurance provider in the United States ("Anthem BlueCross BlueShield," 2012). Anthem Blue Cross has informed some of its San Francisco base policyholders that their medications will only be available through mail order. A Consumer Watchdog group
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Administrative Ethics HCS/335 August 13, 2012 Administrative Ethics The code of ethics for health care administrator outlines how they must behave when it comes to their professional relationship with colleagues, employees, and patients. They state that the administrator must always be respectful and honest, follow all rules and regulations, never exploit any professional relationship, and never discriminate or allow discrimination against patients ("American Academy of Medical Administrators"
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