The Importance of Accountability Paper Michelle Payden-Wright HCS/475 March 2‚ 2015 Dr. Lawrence Fergus The Importance of Accountability Paper Accountability is important in the health care industry; it holds an individual accountable day in and day out for his and her own tasks. Holding a person accountable for their actions can also assist in creating accountability for the department‚ unit‚ organization‚ and industry level of the organization. Accountability is considered to be a performance management
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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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Administrative Ethics Paper HCS 335 James Thomas Patient Privacy Patient privacy has been a major issue within the healthcare field for many years. With the increasing use of medical information technology more and more people are being authorized to view patient health information. Not only do physicians and nurses have access; but this has broadened to include allied health professionals‚ billing specialists‚ quality assurance employees‚ social workers‚ medical records technicians etc
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to discuss everything that is happening and information that has been brought to their attention from outside sources. Currently they have a Code of Business Ethics and Conduct document that all employees and volunteers must read and sign a document that states they agree with the terms. According to "American Red Cross Code of Business Ethics and Conduct" (2009)‚ “The Red Cross has traditionally demanded and received the highest ethical performance from its employees and volunteers.” They hold everyone
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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 Pamella Thomas HCS/335 September 23‚ 2012 Katherine Rossiter Administrative Ethics Paper A current administrative issue relating to topics such as patient privacy‚ confidentiality‚ or HIPAA is as follow. A specific issue that was in the news is the privacy rights as applied to the patients who use medical marijuana. This issue involves the information that medical marijuana is permissible in some states according to those state laws. This means that thousands
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Administrative Ethics Paper Marcia Dixon HCS 335 September 17‚ 2012 Qiana Amos MPH Administrative Ethics Paper There are several issues that can come about concerning patient’s privacy. Years ago there were no laws in place pertaining to patient’s privacy or rights. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) which came into play on August 1996 that was placed into law under the leadership of President Bill Clinton (Physicians Billing Associates International‚ 2006). This
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Ethics your name HCS/405 /2012 Ethics There are four significant elements of financial management‚ “There are four basic financial statements. You can think of them as a set. They include the balance sheet‚ the statement of revenue and expense‚ the statement of fund balance or net worth‚ and the statement of cash flows.” (Baker & Baker‚ Chapter 4‚ 2011). Financial manager need to have a balance sheet to review or perform an audit so they can see the debt to income ratio for the
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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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This paperwork of HCS 490 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 comprises: What are the benefits and risks of advertising and marketing health care products and services to potential health care consumers? List two benefits and two risks and explain your rationale for your answer. General Questions - General General Questions HCS 490 Week 1 Individual Assignment Health Care Marketing Information Matrix HCS 490 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Government Regulatory Agencies and Impact
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