1. Module two deals with external influences in healthcare administration and the conflicts that may cause lack of growth in the organization. External influences can range from society, stakeholders, staff, and patients. Health administrators should be in agreement with staff and physicians to maintain proper ethics and safety for everyone. Society has a big influence of healthcare organizations with spending their money towards health insurance, medication, treatment services and exams. As long the healthcare organization has a well reputation built on trust, then consumers will spend on that healthcare organization. The stakeholders that take part in external influences on ethics are the vendors, technology specialists, maintenance, insurance …show more content…
These types of external influences keep the healthcare organization afloat and maintained for patient care. The staff such as assistants, nurses, physicians, specialists, clinicians, and managers, states their opinions for improvement and make proper judgement for patient care. Lastly, patients are a prime influence and critic of healthcare of negative aspects or positive aspects of doctor care and treatment. Conflicts of staff shortages, incorrect coding/ billing, incompetent staff, and lack of knowledge of ethics are always an issue to improve. As long ethical procedures are in effect at all times with OSHA, ACA, HIPAA, JCAHO, etc., then the healthcare facility is in good order. The Affordable Care Act is a law for all staff and managers to stay informed and know how the changes apply to patients. For future healthcare administrators and staff, it’s critical to recognize the external influences in healthcare administration and maintain ethical technology standards, code standards, hiring standards, staff capability, and law …show more content…
I would consider myself to be socially responsible in work duties, patient care, and procedures. Since I’m not at that level as a healthcare manager, it will be top priority. However, I still have a major social responsibility when it comes to my work in a dental office. I will still apply these ethical standards to my work of staying updated of HIPAA, ACA, OSHA, and insurance to protect patients and myself.For example, preaching to patients of bad oral health and increase education about Invisalign. My real mission as a HCM would be to learn, be knowledgeable and educate staff about ethics and increase patient safety. It’s a type of person I am, and will operate to be in a healthcare management position. It’s ethical to keep the community in mind even balancing the budget to see recognize where to cut and improve costs on medical services. Nevertheless, by maintaining a steady level of costs, it can mean that several people will have access to care since it’s more affordable, (Morrison, pg. 139, 2011). It’s a social as well as ethical responsibility to consider the whole community to bring in more patients and ensure their affordable
Determined healthcare systems routinely examine their environments internally and externally to locate significant trends and forces in the present and for the future which will have an effect on their performance goals and mission efforts. These healthcare systems understand who their stakeholders are, their needs and how best to meet those expectations and needs. These systems give attention to specific efforts on accomplishing goals that acquire opportunities in the whole environment while they continue to adjust their internal structures and functions. Precise aims are dealt with by uninterrupted sequences for performance improvements. Strategic directions for systems originate from the mission and directives. Strategic directions are identified by observing key stakeholders, addressing their interests and being proactive about responding to current, as well as, future shifts and trends in the systems’ entire environment (Skinner, 2001).
This paper’s brief intent is to identify the policies and procedures currently being developed at Midwest Hospital. It identifies how the company’s Management Committee was formed and how they problem solved and delegated responsibilities. This paper recognizes the hospital’s greatest attributes and their weakest link. Midwest Hospital hired Dr. Herb Davis to help facilitate the development and implementation of resolutions for each issue.
The clinical standards state, “All decisions made and actions taken on behalf of the patient adhere to ethical standards” (“Scope of Practice,” n.d.). I think that adhering to a professional code of ethics helps healthcare providers establish important decision making skills. Having a Code of Ethics is a vital guideline to have in the work place so we have a grasp on what is expected of a professional healthcare provider. It is crucial for the best quality of care being given to patients with equal care provided for all. The clinical standards also state, “All patients expect and deserve optimal care” (“Scope of Practice,” n.d.). Quality of care is important so that patients are given safe, respectable care. The overall objective is to achieve a high degree of patient satisfaction. By providing patients with more information and instruction, minimalized wait times, affordable costs, properly trained staff, maintained equipment, and compassionate attitudes we can give them the quality care they deserve. I think it is important to provide an excellent quality of care so that your patients want to keep coming back to the
Ethics are the moral beliefs that help direct a person’s behavior These values are molded by social norms, culture, and often times religious beliefs. With that, ethical decision making is the development of measuring the moral associations of a course of action(Squazzo,2011). Every decision has an ethical or moral component due to the fact that they each have effects on others. Organizations often instill ethics agendas to help ease better decision making of employees. According to Jack Gilbert there are five specialties for ethical culture that healthcare organizations can learn from, they are: mindfulness, voice, respect, tenacity, and legacy(Squazzo,2011). Gilbert states mindfulness as being mindful of unethical thing that could
The United States (U.S.) has a health care system that is much different than any other health care system in the world (Nies & McEwen, 2015). It is frequently recognized as one with most recent technological inventions, but at the same time is often criticized for being overly expensive (Nies & McEwen, 2015). In 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (U. S. Department of Health & Human Services, n.d.) This plan was implemented in an attempt to make preventative care more affordable and accessible for all uninsured Americans (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, n.d.). Under the law, the new Patient’s Bill of Rights gives consumers the power to be in charge of their health care choices. (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, n.d.).
The competing external stakeholders seek to attract the focal organization’s dependents. These competitors may be direct competitors for patients or they may be competing for skilled personnel. The patients hold the role of seeking care. They demand that they receive quality care in the organization and that the care is consistent. The patients play a role in the organization because the organization needs the patients to run the facility. The organization provides a service that the patients need and demand. The source of influence from external stakeholders comes from control of strategic resources materials, labor and
It is also directed, according to the code of ethics, that Healthcare executives have a fiduciary responsibility to the society and community and should act in such a way that wins their trust, confidence, and respect. Hence, it is needed that the healthcare professionals lead exemplary lives. By acting their role, they are said to be moral advocates. Every decision taken by these professionals leads to an impact on the well-being of the people; therefore, decisions should be balanced and ethical.They should safeguard the interests of every audience that they serve.
The people of the United States have been suffering from a number of serious issues, all related to health care: millions go uninsured every year, health care is too expensive, and the quality of care is poor, especially for the price. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Obama Care, began addressing these issues. The ACA is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. The law was enacted with the goals of increasing the quality and affordability of health insurance, lowering the uninsured rate by expanding public and private insurance coverage, and reducing the costs of healthcare for individuals and the government. Although several of the act’s promises have not come into effect yet, it has managed to extend healthcare to the repetitively uninsured. While many of the accomplishments that the act has already made, and aims to make, are no small feat, there are still issues within the policies and procedures. For example, Obama Care boasts that it is a universal healthcare system. However, it is unlike any other in the world, and is technically forced on citizens in a variety of ways. It has been debated, that for that reason, the new law may come into violation of several human rights. Another significant issue with the ACA regards a cap on citizen’s out-of-pocket expenses, and the fact that the administration decided to delay making a definitive decision, potentially costing many American’s unprecedented medical fees.
Throughout the years, there have been many individuals and families who have not been able to afford healthcare. Some programs have helped to provide for those in need, but they have not provided to all needy citizens. In an effort to provide more people with the healthcare and insurance they truly need, the United States government has developed the Affordable Care Act. The act’s purpose is to expand Medicare, which was originally developed to provide for the elderly and the disabled, to those who are not disabled but are in times of financial hardship. The Affordable Care Act was originally developed to ensure healthcare to all individuals who could not afford it on their own. It would seem that the increase in the number of patients would benefit hospitals, but this act does the opposite of its intended outcome. There are more patients visiting the hospitals, but the act lowers the costs of their medical bills, which in turn decreases the hospitals’ incomes. This decreased source of income causes both the patients and the employees to find new solutions to the increased amount of issues that they now endure.
Health care ethics is at its most basic definition is a set of moral principles, beliefs and values that guide the Physician Assistant in making choices about medical care for their patients. The central belief of health care ethics is the sense of right and wrong and the principles about what rights we possess, along with the duties as Physician Assistants we owe our patients. (Opacic, D. A. 2003) One must consider carefully all aspects of health care decisions as it helps us make choices that are just.
As I’m coming to the twilight of my undergraduate degree at Charter Oak Stat College, I’ve chosen to write about the Affordable care act so I can better understand the reality of today’s healthcare system from the facilities, providers and patients point of view. I feel understanding this information will help me create an environment that can adapt and accelerate through the transition due to the affordable healthcare act’s broad impact on healthcare as it was once known and practiced. I feel whether I move forward as a nurse, provider or administrator, this information will be invaluable.
Over the last few decades, various laws have been established with the main purpose of making the system equal and more efficient for all. The U.S. hospital system has become more complex and less efficient due to significant political and monetary interference along with the passage of these laws. The most recent amongst those laws is the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into legislation by President Obama in 2010. Various provisions in the ACA includes universal health insurance coverage, significant changes in the payment for health services and changes in the health care organization delivery and workforce policy. Thus, ACA has a significant influence on the current U.S. healthcare system.
In my future role as a healthcare administrator, ethical decision making will be required to address a conflict or uncertainty regarding competing values , such as personal, professional, organizational, and societal values (Thompson, 2011). Administrators involved in this decision-making process must consider the ethical principles of justice, autonomy, beneficence, and nonmaleficence. Healthcare organizations having growing concerns over ethical issues such as:
The employment situation can create awkward situations sometimes if a medical assistant is more dependent for her livelihood on an individual who might be practicing illegally and unethically. The five top ethical issues in healthcare right now is balancing care quality and efficiency, improving access to care, building and sustaining the healthcare workforce of the future, addressing end-of-life issues, and allocating limited medications and donor organs. These are just the top five issues found on the AMN health care website but it states that ethicists acknowledge that other concerns will continue to develop as well, such as healthcare technology’s impact on communication policies, medical records and patient privacy. (Jennifer Larson,
In today’s healthcare system, there are many characteristics and forces that make up the complex structure. Health care delivery is a complex system that involves many people that navigate it with hopes of a better outcome to the residents of the United States. Many factors affect the system starting from global influences, social values and culture. Further factors include economic conditions, physical environment, technology development, economic conditions, political climate and population characteristics. Furthermore the main characteristics of the Unites States healthcare system includes: no agency governs the whole system, access to healthcare is restricted based on the coverage and third party agencies exist. Unfortunately many people are in power of the healthcare system involving multiple payers. Physicians are pressured to order unnecessary tests to avoid potential legal risks. Quality of care is a major component; therefore it creates a demand for new technology. A more close investigation will review two main characteristics and two external forces that currently affect the healthcare delivery system. Furthermore, what will be the impact of one of the characteristics and one of the external forces in review with the new affordable care act 2010? The review will demonstrate the implications to the healthcare delivery system and the impact on the affordable care act 2010.