Examine ethical values and principles inherent in healthcare

Course Objectives:

· CLO #1: Examine ethical values and principles inherent in healthcare.

· CLO #2: Appraise legal requirements for healthcare organizations.

Assignment Prompt:

1. Take both the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Ethics Self Assessment and the Project Management Institute (PMI) Ethics Self-Assessment. 

2. Watch the MindTools video on Values. 

3. Watch the videos Kant & Categorical Imperatives: Crash Course Philosophy #35   and Utilitarianism: Crash Course Philosophy #36.

4. Compare and contrast these assessment methods and models. 

5. Using information from your reading materials, create one assessment that could be used for hiring healthcare leaders.

Instructions:

Write a memo to the Head of Human Resources suggesting the addition of an Ethics Self Assessment to the hiring process.  Be sure to include a thorough benchmarking of the existing tools on the market.  Create your own mockup of an ethics assessment that could be used by your organization.  What are some of the challenges involved in creating an ethics assessment?  What strategies did you incorporate?  Your memo should be detailed and persuasive

 

 

Reading materials

 

Patient's Bill of Rights

https://www.cms.gov/CCIIO/Programs-and-Initiatives/Health-Insurance-Market-Reforms/Patients-Bill-of-Rights.html

 

The Patient Bill of Rights: Your Right to Respect and Good Care

https://hcahealthcare.com/hl/?/134184/The-Patient-Bill-of-Rights--Your-Right-to-Respect-and-Good-Care

 

Regulatory Overload: Assessing the Regulatory Burden on Health Systems, Hospitals and Post-acute Care Providers

https://www.aha.org/system/files/2018-02/regulatory-overload-report.pdf

 

US Health Policy Gateway

http://ushealthpolicygateway.com/