Professional Ethics Statement (1)

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Ethics Statement 1 Professional Ethics Statement Sarah Sanders Devry University Ethics 232 Professor Hewitt October 12th, 2023

Ethics Statement 2 Any professional career carries with it special responsibilities. Ethics is a underestimate part of everyday life. Life is going to test you repeatedly, while you get down to the core of your own moral standards. Learning what those are is key to being the person you are or want to be. Ethic is defined “as a set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct.” Merriam-Webster. As I go into a medical career, a moral compass and a strong knowledge of ethics is going to be crucial to my success. Examining my strongest values is going to be the driving force behind my ethical choices. My strongest values are respect, honor, and integrity. An HIM profession handles thousands of confidential and very personal files of many different types of people. We handle all of the medical charts with personal data, diagnoses, and billing information. The most common dilemma that occurs is knowing the person or family of the chart you are putting into the secured system. A second ethical dilemma would be having access to all the private medical information for anyone you wanted to look up. Being self- governing of what you do with information obtained on a confidential level and knowing what laws can and will be broken due to your handling of these cases is critical. Remembering that ethics plays a huge part in this environment will be what makes or breaks my career. I will have to use my ability to hold myself accountable for the actions that arise from my handling someone's life within my hands. Treating patients files is no different than treating patients themselves. I will need to remember to respect people's privacy for many reasons including privacy laws and common human decency. People deserve respect and privacy, and my job will be to maintain as much of that as possible. There is a very strict set of ethical guidelines laid out for medical staff. Every scenario possible has a chapter in the medical code of ethics handbook. Administrative and legal

Ethics Statement 3 action could be taken against me if I am unable to maintain a professional standard of integrity, honor and respect. A professional has to take the same care and consideration in handling the rest of the staff, employees, and supervisors. We all have a part to play in the secure handling of confidential material. Having respect for everyone demonstrates a level of morals necessary for being in the self governed job position. Being able to have a higher standard of ethics also means that if I come into a problem where my judgment may be flawed there will be someone else around me or above me to help guide me in the ethical and legal standard required for my position. HIM professionals have a member on staff that helps guide the other professionals to the ethically correct steps when dealing with a dilemma. Staying true to the standards laid out before us keeps most of our ethical dilemmas at bay. A scenario in which my ethics could be tested would be overseeing a file I should not have seen. I would then be morally obligated to report my awareness of the patient file to my superior. In doing so I am taking accountability for my actions and any wrongdoing is documented. Another scenario would be if I knew of another HIM professional abusing their power and wrongfully gaining access to patient files. This would also need to be reported to HR so that it is documented. I would feel terrible if a patient's life was altered by someone in my profession using confidential information accessed by fraudulent channels. I would be unable to forgive myself if I did nothing. Patient confidentiality is the number one ethical issue in health information management. There are so many ways in which this confidence can be broken. As a professional, staying vigilant on this issue is vital. Patients also need to be 100 percent aware of what they are signing and the things that are happening to them. Making sure we have consent to use their information is not only an ethical dilemma but a

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Ethics Statement 4 legal one. They have rights to know we keep things professional and confidential, as well as us having the ability to do our jobs with the sensitive information they give to us. As a Health Information Management professional I need to act with integrity, behave in a trustworthy manner, elevate services to others above self interests, and promote a higher standard of practice in every setting. Perform honorably health information management association responsibilities, either appointed or elected, and preserve the confidentiality of any privileged information made known in any official capacity. Respect the inherent dignity and worth of every person. On a personal level I will uphold the standards and values placed before me and remember to do no harm. Respect, accountability, integrity, honor, and trustworthiness are core values that will guide my ethical decision making.

Ethics Statement 5 References 5 Ethical Issues in Healthcare Management – MBA Healthcare Management . (2016). Mba-Healthcare-Management.com. https://www.mba-healthcare- management.com/lists/5-ethical-issues-in-healthcare-management/ AHIMA. (2023). Ethics . AHIMA. https://www.ahima.org/who-we-are/governance/ethics/ American Public Health Association. (2019). PUBLIC HEALTH CODE OF ETHICS ISSUE BRIEF . https://www.apha.org/-/media/files/pdf/membergroups/ethics/code_of_ethics.ashx Code of Ethics for Healthcare Professionals | NCHEC . (2017). Nchec.org; Your site name here. https://www.nchec.org/code-of-ethics Merriam-Webster. (2023). Definition of ETHIC . Merriam-Webster.com. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethic Mouton Dorey, C. (2016). Rethinking the ethical approach to health information management through narration: pertinence of Ricœur’s “little ethics.” Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy , 19 (4), 531–543. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-016-9713-6

Professional Ethics Statement (1)

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