Code of Ethics Anonymous HCS/335 April 7‚ 2014 Patricia Daugherty Code of Ethics Introduction The organization’s code of ethics serves as a guide to its employees when making difficult decisions. Ethics helps professionals with their actions and practices that are directed to improve the welfare of people in an ethical way (Fremgen‚ 2009). An organization’s culture and mission statement also help its employees make ethical decisions. The Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) organization
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Problem to solve The problem to solve in this article is childhood obesity. This paper gives the views that the parents have on the way the schools play a part in childhood obesity. Over the last few years the number of childhood obesity has skyrocketed. Roughly 9 million children have been reported to be obese and that number is steadily increasing. (Murphy & Polivka‚ 2007) . Schools more than ever play a significant role in our children today. Obesity can lead to many health issues if
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Effective Communication HCS 325 August 5‚ 2013 Effective Communication Every organization must rely on effective communication in order to function properly. It is the structure that is used within the organization that determines just how effective that communication can be. There are three basic organization models‚ each with positive and negative aspects. Choosing an effective model can aid an organization in building a stronger foundation for business. One of the most commonly seen
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Reporting Practices and Ethics Paper HCS/405 November 23‚ 2011 Reporting Practices and Ethics Paper This paper discusses the elements of financial management that is important to the healthcare organizations‚ generally accepted accounting principles‚ and a summary of the articles related to healthcare financial management. Elements of Financial Management There are four different elements used in financial management. These elements include: planning‚ controlling‚ organizing and directing
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Employee Handbook Progress Summary Sharon Farmer‚ Shani Paul‚ Karen White‚ Sade Wilson HCS/430 May 4‚ 2015 Maria Soohey Employee Handbook Progress Summary During week 2‚ Learning Team D broken down the sections that we will each work on for the final Employee Handbook Nondiscrimination Paper due in week 3. Karen White has stepped up and agreed to lead the team for weeks 2 and 3 since the projects overlap during those weeks. Karen will be covering the introduction‚ conclusion‚ one bullet
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Building sections of the Nondiscrimination and Health and Safety Handbook Takesha Williams‚ Naire Banks‚ Natalasha Rutledge‚ Sheliah Gordon‚ Shonneill Caleb HCS/430 January 6‚ 2014 Dr. Thomas Wilson Abstract Equal opportunity laws are in place to protect applicants from discrimination. Employers must follow the state and federal laws or they are subject to violations and even costly lawsuits. Different laws protect certain groups of people; the pregnancy law is addressed in detail. Much of the
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Definition of Terms Nicashia T Brown Dr. S Paone August 19‚ 2013 HCS 533 AMR- Ambulatory Medical Record- An ambulatory medical record (AMR) is an electronically stored file of a patient’s outpatient medical records‚ which includes all surgeries and care that do not involve being admitted to a hospital. The importance of AMR’s is that they only apply to outpatient medical records. Outpatients procedures or services are performed so frequently that at times it can be
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IT Project Implementation Failures HCS/483 September 19‚ 2012 Dr. Alex Kadrie IT Project Implementation Failures An IT implementation process can be long and tedious‚ or short and simple‚ depending on the size and needs of an organization. While implementing this process it is important to understand the roles and responsibilities of each step. Sometimes when the process is not thought out correctly‚ IT failures happen. IT failures are common reasons that systems do not
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Ethical Issues on Confidentiality: Research and Medical Procedures Al Borbs HCS/335 January 20‚2014 Ethical Issues on Confidentiality: Research and Medical Procedures A guiding principle followed by most administrators and health care providers is the concept that ethical principles must match the values of the whole organization. This belief should serve as a continuous teaching to all staff so that the organization’s goals may be uniformly achieved
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Communicable Disease Michael E Aponte Professor Steiner University of Phoenix HCS 457 Chickenpox is a highly communicable virus named the varicella-zoster virus and closely resembles the herpes virus. The virus can be released into the air by coughing or sneezing‚ spreading the virus from person to person. The virus also can be spread by touching the fluids from a chickenpox blister. Chickenpox is so contagious that an individual who has never had exposure to chickenpox has an 80%
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