HEALTHCARE ETHICS COMMITTEE Flashcards
ACA 2010 meaning
affordable care act of 2010
HECs meaning
healthcare ethics committees
function and roles of HECs
developing standards and policies
education
clinical consultation
resource allocation
to develop, review, and implement standards and policies to guide healthcare orgs
developing standards and policies
provide framework to address complex ethical issues
developing standards and policies
integrating ethics across all levels of care
education
set goals for ethical education
committees
receives raining, choose effective delivery methods
committees
provide meaningful consults, address staff resistance, demonstrate value of ethical education
HEC members
collabs with ethics specialists to enhance training
HEC members
ability to address patient and staff concerns about ethics related to patient care
clinical consultation
ability to provide case consults to enhance patient care
clinical consultation
ability to resolve issues with patient decision-making
clinical consultation
use various tools to analyze the case and apply ethics principles
ethics subcommittee
or
ethical consultant
ability to apply ethics principles to difficult situations
ashcroft, dawson, draper, and mcmillan 2007
to provide appropriate consult on difficult-to-solve patient issues
ashcroft, dawson, draper, and mcmillan 2007
resolve issue at hand respectfully
goal
use protocol to allow best possible decision and justify actions
committee
format for getting request and conduct chart review
hester and schonfeld 2012
hospitals don’t have sufficient funds to meet all demands
hofffman 2011
suggests guidelines to facilitate decisions
hoffman 2011
both reluctance of HECs to address resources allocation and necessity for this action
lantos 1994
avoids politics
lantos 1994
policy development and clinical consults
microallocation issues
HECs need to reflect different view and perspectives
hester and schonfeld 2016
committees be multidisciplinary
hester and schonfeld 2016
represent variety of expertise
hester and schonfeld 2016
increasingly complex
ethical dilemmas
not confined to physician-patient relationship
ethical dilemmas
success of health reform efforts to control costs
weber
need to review roles and functions of HECs
nelson
HECs go beyond clinical rotation
nelson
guide orgs through complex ethical landscapes
Healthcare committees
categories of membership in HECs
medical staff
nursing staff
administrator
social service representatives
clergy or ethicist
community member
HIM meaning
health information management
HIS meaning
health information system
efficient management of healthcare operations, support accurate diagnoses
HIM & HIS
essential for organizing, storing, and sharing patient data
health information system
ethical dilemmas in HIS
patient privacy and confidentiality
data ownership and access
accuracy and integrity of information
equity and bias in data use
informed consent and data sharing
protect sensitive health data
patient privacy and confidentiality
breaches or mishandling data can violate patient rights and erode trust
patient privacy and confidentiality
questions who truly owns health data and who should control access
data ownership and access
ensures information are correct and up to date
accuracy and integrity of information
algorithms and decision support tools
equity and bias in data use
unintentionally reinforce biases
equity and bias in data use
patient may not fully understand how their data is used
informed consent and data sharing
HIPAA meaning
health insurance portability and accountability act 1996 compliance by 2003
medical records were used for blackmail
2008 and 2009
medical records in credit cards from johns hopkins
2010
PATRIOT act meaning
providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism act
when did patriot act expire
2011
president during patriot act
president bush
three rules of thumb
west point
good foundation
ransomeware
weber’s individual decision-making method
valuable to use
third model is called
grandmother test
address complex ethical dilemmas, guide orgs while upholding patient rights and orgs integrity
healthcare committees
provide structured approaches to navigate conflicts, balance competing values, and promote fair, compassionate care
healthcare committees
remain essential for fostering ethical excellence and help org adapt to new challenges
healthcare committees
