Administrative Ethics
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 to administrative ethical issues. If none were stated, what should have been done?
•Identify any proposed solutions.
Include at least three sources in your paper.
Administrative Ethics
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Institution
The everyday lives of many individuals of this modern age of society are strongly influenced by social networking. When this social networking interferes with the industry of health care, a range of problems may occur. Violating the personal health information of an individual might occur with a little slip of a key. Advice on medical matters may be offered with consequences. Although these social networks can be useful, they may also be damaging. In order to reduce the risk of privacy violation, there is a need to have a policy within an organization (Dimick, 2010).
A social networking website is an online fraternity for people to meet and share matters along with discussing mutual interests. The issue occurs from a medical professional violating the privacy of a patient and the HIPAA laws through the social networking websites. Leaking information on patients through such sites can be damaging to both the physician and the patient. These social networks are not always handled through a professional manner, and they tend to be highly relaxed. Although these leaks might not be intentional, they still lead to violation of privacy laws, which protect the patients. In a society, leaking of
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 to administrative ethical issues. If none were stated, what should have been done?
•Identify any proposed solutions.
Include at least three sources in your paper.
Administrative Ethics
Name
Institution
The everyday lives of many individuals of this modern age of society are strongly influenced by social networking. When this social networking interferes with the industry of health care, a range of problems may occur. Violating the personal health information of an individual might occur with a little slip of a key. Advice on medical matters may be offered with consequences. Although these social networks can be useful, they may also be damaging. In order to reduce the risk of privacy violation, there is a need to have a policy within an organization (Dimick, 2010).
A social networking website is an online fraternity for people to meet and share matters along with discussing mutual interests. The issue occurs from a medical professional violating the privacy of a patient and the HIPAA laws through the social networking websites. Leaking information on patients through such sites can be damaging to both the physician and the patient. These social networks are not always handled through a professional manner, and they tend to be highly relaxed. Although these leaks might not be intentional, they still lead to violation of privacy laws, which protect the patients. In a society, leaking of
References: Dimick, C.(2010). Privacy Policy for Social Media. Retrieved from http://journal.ahimaorg/2010/01/06/social-media-policies Greysen, S. R. (2010)Online Professionalism and the Mirror of Social Media. Journal of Internal Medicine, 25(11), 1227. Retrieved from http://www.springerlink.com/content/2m13601666qn074g/abstract/ U.S. Department of Human and Health Services. (2011) Massachusetts General Hospital settles potential HIPAA violations. Retrieved from://www.hhs.gov/news/pres/2011pres/02/20110224b.html