Unit 2 First Response Needed

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Common Ethical and Legal  

Health Care Dilemmas  

In today's health care industry, many technological  changes have occurred that affect hospitals and other entities. Health care professionals see themselves as being more hindered in their work by all the new rules, regulations, and guidelines. There  are methods to  keep privacy protocols in place  for pa tients.  Ethics, morals, and the legal system are some of the ways behaviors are kept under control.    

Ethics and morals are  based on  individual  feel ings in   any given situation .  The diversity in the population of  the U.S. makes it necessary for other cultures to be recognized for their differences, also.  Professionals and other employees at the facility must follow the rules and regulations inside the facility where they are employed. If not, they are subject to be reprimanded according to the misdeed.    

The need for guidelines in the facility  makes it possible for businesses to go smoothly and for patients to feel safe and secure when they are housed in  the hospital. Patients are also concerned about their Personal Health  Information. Their information   should  be housed in the EHR and EMR system, monitored by the Health Information Manager, and away from persons who should not see it. Not protecting the information allows the patients to file claims against the hospital and the responsible person.  Handling p atients ' health information, without the patients'  

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authorization, is wrong and could lead to f raud and abuse. If this happens and patients feel this has happened, they can file a tort for damages  againse the hospital and the person who caused the problem  ( Pozgar , 2016) .    

I am aware of many topics that I would be interested in writing about in my final paper, but would like a little more time to make my decision. I especially like the ethical and legal parts of my class and will do an outline and get started on my research for my project.

References  

Pozgar , G. D. (2016).  Legal and  e thical  i ssues for  h ealth  p rofessionals, 4th Edition . [Bookshelf           Online]. Retrieved from   

        https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781284089530/  

Bertha Dupree