I will be writing about why obtaining doctor and patient confidentiality is very crucial to a certain extent by using the article “Protect Doctor-Patient Confidentiality” by Sandeep Jauhar in the New York Times. While addressing this topic‚ I will use it to persuade my audience‚ doctors‚ that the trust between doctors and their patients is needed for not only the patient’s health but also the patient’s trust. I will be imitating Virginia Woolf‚ the author of “Shakespeare’s Sister”‚ by using different
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Ethics can be described as a set of moral principles or the discipline of dealing with what is good and bad. Every individual has their own opinion of what is right and wrong so the subject of ethics is a very controversial one. There are a wide variety of situations in which ethics can be applied. Three of these situations include‚ human resources dealing discrimination in the workplace‚ drug testing on animals‚ and sexual harassment. “Discrimination is a sociological term referring to the
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Congress intended HIPAA to protect individually identifiable health information. Any entity‚ including a physician’s office‚ a hospital or other health care facility‚ or an insurer that deals with personal health information must follow strict rules about how to handle that information to avoid disclosing it to someone not authorized to see it. For example‚ Health and Human Services allows physicians and insurance companies to exchange individually identifiable health information to pay a health
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Ethical Issues in the Medical Field There are many ethical issues that could arise throughout working in the medical field. Daily‚ medical practitioners are put into extremely complicated and stressful situations‚ where they need to make a major decision regarding someone’s life or treatment. There are many ethical issues that could arise throughout working in the medical field. Daily‚ medical practitioners are put into extremely complicated and stressful situations‚ where they need to make
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of 1996 (HIPAA)‚ was implemented by the Congress in order to improve access to health insurance‚ to promote standardization and efficiency in the healthcare industry‚ and to offer nationally standardized protections for individual health information The HIPAA Privacy Rule The HIPAA Privacy Rule was created so that the patients’ health information is protected and released only with the patients’ authorization. The protected health information is information which identifies a patient‚ or can be
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Ethical Issues Organizations today are faced with many issues. A major challenge is dealing with and determining a code of ethics. Ethics involves the study of moral issues and choices (Kinicki‚ 2009). Many organizations today are faced with unethical behavior that occurs throughout the company. Ethical and unethical conduct is the product of a complex combination of influences (Kinicki‚ 2009). They stem from the individual who has their own personality and values out to the internal organizational
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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 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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Great posts. You both make valid points on how best to make the ethical decisions for the hospital. As mentioned nonaleficence would be the ethic principal that should govern the decision process. Floating the nurse my not initially present as a valid option however looking at the situation from a financial aspect the hospital must consider how to best maintain and keep the patient safe with balancing how to continue to keep the hospital running. The hospital is in a financial crisis and is unable
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Current Ethical Issue in Business Paper Current Ethical Issue in Business Recently the scooter store founded in 1991 has had setbacks that led the company in laying-off 1800 employees. Later that week some 300 employees where brought back to continue working for the company. The scooter store serves some 700‚000 senior citizens and individuals with disabilities by providing their customers with mobility. The scooter store is the nation’s largest suppliers of power wheelchairs and scooters. Recently
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