Ethics Case Study
Ethics case study Eron Carter
HCS/ 335
September 17, 2014
Sherry Williams
Dr. Williams assistant Jerry does have the training but does not have the ability to make a call for a patient because if he prescribed the wrong dosage amount then there will be in trouble with the patient and also with HIPAA. It will not be in the best interest of Jerry to make this call for Dr. Williams without making a call to Dr. Williams first. In order for this to happen without breaking any laws, Jerry needs to have communication with Dr. Williams. To keep the integrity of office Jerry should ensure that the proper medication and make sure that it is the patient’s correct prescription if Dr. Williams gives the okay for jerry to provide the Valium for the patient. This might have to be a medication that this patient have to go without on his trip. If the medication was not an antidepressant it might be different. If the patient is given the wrong strength of medicine then it might affect how he might act on the plane of given to him. Not only would he jeopardize his safety but the safety of the other passengers on the plane. If that happens then the office would be in jeopardy of a law suit or worse and it would fall on both Dr. Williams and Jerry also it would affect the pharmacist that would have prescribed the medication. I think that the more severe the medication might be then it will have a different requirement on how to prescribe the medication. Having high blood pressure is more of a life or death health disease so he would have been more obligated to find Dr. Williams in order to confirm this medication to a patient. The patient could live without having his antidepressant medication. He knew that he was running low and about to go out of town so he should have got a refill before the date of his flight. If the patient had a more severe health illness such as diabetes then Jerry would have to make a medical decision to preserve the life of a patient even though
HCS/ 335
September 17, 2014
Sherry Williams
Dr. Williams assistant Jerry does have the training but does not have the ability to make a call for a patient because if he prescribed the wrong dosage amount then there will be in trouble with the patient and also with HIPAA. It will not be in the best interest of Jerry to make this call for Dr. Williams without making a call to Dr. Williams first. In order for this to happen without breaking any laws, Jerry needs to have communication with Dr. Williams. To keep the integrity of office Jerry should ensure that the proper medication and make sure that it is the patient’s correct prescription if Dr. Williams gives the okay for jerry to provide the Valium for the patient. This might have to be a medication that this patient have to go without on his trip. If the medication was not an antidepressant it might be different. If the patient is given the wrong strength of medicine then it might affect how he might act on the plane of given to him. Not only would he jeopardize his safety but the safety of the other passengers on the plane. If that happens then the office would be in jeopardy of a law suit or worse and it would fall on both Dr. Williams and Jerry also it would affect the pharmacist that would have prescribed the medication. I think that the more severe the medication might be then it will have a different requirement on how to prescribe the medication. Having high blood pressure is more of a life or death health disease so he would have been more obligated to find Dr. Williams in order to confirm this medication to a patient. The patient could live without having his antidepressant medication. He knew that he was running low and about to go out of town so he should have got a refill before the date of his flight. If the patient had a more severe health illness such as diabetes then Jerry would have to make a medical decision to preserve the life of a patient even though