A Substance Abuse Treatment Facility

Informed consent is the basis for all legal and moral aspects of a patient’s autonomy. Implied consent is when you and your physician interact in which the consent is assumed, such as in a physical exam by your doctor. Written consent is a more extensive form in which it mostly applies when there is testing or experiments involved over a period of time. The long process is making sure the patient properly understands the risk and benefits that could possible happen during and after the treatment. As a physician, he must respect the patient’s autonomy. For a patient to be an autonomous agent, he must have legitimate moral values. The patient has all the rights to his medical health and conditions that arise. When considering informed

The need for a substance abuse recovery home in Starke County, Indiana is a need that is unmistakable in the county based on the hefty number of individuals that suffer from substance abuse and dependency in the county which is clearly displayed by the recent number of crimes that are related to or involve illicit and prescription drugs. In attempt to meet this need and create an opportunity for individuals suffering from substance abuse and dependency to receive local substance abuse treatment in a recovery home the proposal will be presented to several stakeholders within the Starke County community. The term stakeholder “refers to those people who are affected, or could be affected, by the service” (Canadian Career Development Foundation, n.d.) that is being proposed. The proposal for the creation of a substance abuse recovery home will be presented to five key stakeholders including Ms. Becky Anspach the director of Community Services of Starke County, Starke County Community Corrections director of operations Mr. Robert Hinojosa, Ms. Dee Lynch the director of the Indiana Department of Child Services of Starke County, Porter Starke Services facilitator of intensive outpatient program treatment (IOP), and Ms. Rhonda Adcock the director of Starke County CASA.

In the event of releasing any patient information it is important to make sure that all of your T’s are crossed and your I’s are dotted before the transaction is complete. However, because specialized patient records, such as Mental health or substance abuse cases, contain not only strictly medical information, but also therapeutic mental and emotional information, the release of this type of information could cause some damage to the patient (McWay, 2010, p. 227). This is why the release of information concerning this type of patient records is different from that of a patient record without delicate information in it.

Discuss what is required to disclose patient information to family members, friends, and when ordered by courts or government

The Doctor and Patient relationship aspect of Medicine has changed drastically in the last twenty years. It has evolved from paternalism (the doctor makes the decision for the patient) to shared decision making where the patient is considered an equal partner in his/her own health related decisions. Informed consent is the cornerstone for this view. When a patient or a research subject makes an autonomous decision after understanding, the risks and benefits involved with the decision is Informed consent. Complete Informed consent covers the following components: competency, disclosure, comprehension and voluntary. Competency refers to the requirement for the individual to be of legal age and be mentally competent to understand the process.

There are many people in the world today that are drug addicts and cannot quit by themselves which is where the methadone clinics come into the picture. Methadone reduces the withdrawal symptoms therefore making it easier to quit drugs. Even though methadone is supposedly proven to be safe, it seems to have biases and stigmas associated with it because it is an opioid medication and many people can become addicted to it as well as have serious side effects. For individuals who aren 't willing to quit using drugs, they offer needle exchange programs that reduce the risks of infections and diseases. Needle exchange programs are important in a society like today because a

The residential treatment center should include a twelve step program, which all residents are required to attend. Individual intense therapy on a daily basis is very important. The policy will require all residents to remain at the facility with no visitors allowed. It is important that the policies specifically detail the types of addictions treated such as heroin, cocaine, alcohol, etc. (Abadinsky, 2014). The types of people who are being treated such as: homeless, women, men, high-level executives, celebrities, or etc. (Abadinsky, 2014). The type of environment that the facility resembles such as: resort, hospital, hotel, and etc. (Abadinsky, 2014). The privacy and confidentiality policy should be as specific as possible. The policy must detail the costs

It is the responsibility of the physician to explain the risks and benefits and to answer any questions that the patient may have. A patient must be competent to sign the informed consent or the informed consent will not be valid. If the patient is not able to consent, a power of attorney may consent for the patient (Bashore, 2012).

Here in Florida there many substance abuse treatment facilities, in fact there are so many that Southern Florida is not considered the substance abuse treatment center of the world. This is the description of Southern Florida that was talked about in classrooms, at an undergraduate program at Indian River State College (IRSC) in Fort Pierce Florida. Many time a professor would talk about Southern Florida being the treatment capital of the world, and there was silence in the room, an awkward silence at that. The students did not understand what that was and they did not know how to interpret that as a good thing or a bad. It confused them to hear that their community would be infested with drug addicts. This thought seemed to put fear in their minds the same as it does anyone living in Southern Florida, who does not see the need for substance abuse treatment for people who struggle with chemical addictions.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is a governmental organization that is dedicated to helping those affected by things such as mental illness, substance abuse, helping veterans etc. In addition they also offer resources that can help people on the journey of recovery. Other resources are listed to helping mental health professionals, and families find the right treatment, both for clients, and their families. Furthermore, they also help by advocating for people who need these resources. The National Institute of Mental Health is another organization federally funded, that focuses on topics related to mental health. According to their strategic objectives, they want to find out the reason behind behaviors, then move

The names of the speaker was Stephanie Stout, which included Madison Nabors, and Dale Nabors, they all share employment at Life Core a facility for adults with substance addiction. Stephanie is a Peer Specialists that help clients recover from their addiction.

Substance abuse and additions: One of the unique ethical challenges involves the myriad of dual relationships inherent in the field and include dilemmas stemming from recovering workers attending AA meetings with clients or with their supervisors, or the changing role of some individuals to service providers within the very programs in which they had recently been clients. Dual relationships are a concern frequently addressed in the substance abuse literature (e.g., see Bissell and Royce, 1989). Additional challenges arise from the increased use of physical contact in treatment between clients and service providers, the hinging of services to abstinence, and the debates surrounding abstinence versus controlled drinking and harm reduction,

Working in a Substance Abuse Clinic, my career goals are: to building rapport with my clients through individual sessions, in order to complete an Assessment, Treatment Plan, and later follow up sessions. In addition, it is important to teach them about the benefits of an opioid maintenance treatment. Next, encouraging to maintain sobriety, as well as motivate them to participate in recovery groups. In order to promoting an insertion into society, it is very important to provide information and referrals, to guide them to obtain trainings that fit with their personal skills. Moreover, inserting them into the society as productive individuals, advocating to reduce the crime, and also promoting awareness to avoid young population begins using

This case presents a prime example of privacy violation. The Federal privacy rule 42 CFR, part 2 mandated addition privacy protection for any health record that is generated in the treatment of patients in the federal alcohol and drug program (Hughes, 2002). The HIPAA privacy rule dictates that healthcare organizations must not disclose any identifying patient information, or alert any entity that a particular patient is participating in alcohol/drug treatment program. This type of privacy breach must be reported promptly to the internal review board (IRB), compliance officer, risk management office and the privacy officer at the healthcare organization. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) act and the American Recovery and Reinvestment (ARRA) act also mandated that any healthcare organization or any covered entity under the HIPAA act should promptly notify individual patients about the accidental disclosure of their medical information; the time from discovery of breach of PHI to patient’s notification must not be more than 60 days. In addition, to patient notification, the covered entity must also report such incidents to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and to the media if the breach affects more than 500 patients, and if the breach affects less than 500 patients, notifying the patients and the

In this paper, I will discuss the principles that permit disclosure of protected health information with or without the patient’s consent for each of the four categories, government agencies, legal agencies or representatives and research groups. I will also state whether I feel privacy safeguards are adequate to support those principles.