Aitp Code Of Ethics Case Study

Hello all, my name is David Jamison, MHA. I am representing Marion General Hospital as the committee chairman of the ethics committee. I am currently reviewing the case involving female patient Margie Whitson. The patient is a 95 year old patient whom wishes to have her pace maker “turned off”, due to her unwillingness to live. The death of her only remaining son was the last event that, that had forced her to contemplate the reason why she still lives. Mrs. Margie Whitson is no stranger to loss. When she was younger, she lost her youngest son to a severe motor vehicle accident that took his life at the early age of 30. She injured herself over 10 years ago, and received a hip fracture. Her most recently bout was

In this paper I’m going to talking about what AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association) and APPC(American Academy of Professional Coders) code of ethics are and the relevance that these two have to the coding profession. Then I’m going to explain how AHIMA and APPC code of ethics are incorporated into the Medical Insurance Specialist (MIS) field, and why continuing your education is important in this field. Hopefully after reading this paper you will have learned the difference between AHIMA and APPC codes of ethics.

In the case of Marion and the pace maker, like that of many cases of elderly patients, there are several factors that need to be understood by both the patient and their family before any decisions can be made, such as in her case, the surgical procedure of implanting the pace maker, the benefits,

I thought your discussion post this week was great. After looking at exercise 4-4 I completely agree with you that using PRN nurses and working with float nurses is such a smart idea. Decreasing discharge teaching time like the manager wants to do on the unit is unsafe and unethical to patients. The nurses on the unit are doing their part by providing excellent patient care, but reducing education can lead to dangerous outcomes for patients in the long run. Provision 3 of the ANA Code of Ethics (ANA, 2015) states that nurses should promote, advocate, and protect the rights, health, and safety of every patient. By implementing your proposed thoughts I really do believe wait times and patient satisfaction could certainly improve. There are always

After going through the case of Margie Whitson, the dilemma is the fact that Margie is looking to have her pacemaker removed which will in turn would end her life. So far, Margie Whitson has had a rough year and has come to the decision that she wants her pacemaker deactivated because she believes it is delaying her death. Her pacemaker is the only thing keeping her heart beating at this point. But even at that, her doctor, Dr. Vijay, refuses to deactivate it due to the fear of legal action/misunderstandings of the ethical and legal acceptability. Margie Whitson is very determined to have her pacemaker removed so she call for Jane Robison, the social

Patient death or serious disability associated with a medication error, and the use or function of a device in patient care in which the device is used or functions other than as intended (AHRQ, 2009).

Assist the patent and family, as appropriate, in coming to a consensus regarding the options that best meet the patient’s goal for care.

Since the beginning of the science and technology era, the impact of technology on humanity and society has been growing. New technologies are also emerging, which means that we should be responsible for what we are developing. Therefore, when we develop a new technology, we should respect ethics and take care of all the damage caused.

The ethics committee has spoken with other healthcare professionals in the community with regards to case. Several professionals feel that there is an ethical dilemma at this time to turn the pacemaker off. The professionals that feel there is a dilemma are Dr. Vijay, Cardiologist; Jane Robinson, Social Worker; and Cindy Mackin, Rehabilitation Center Administrator. The healthcare professionals on the ethics committee understand the issues presented to them and have personally communicated with the patient in regards to her wishes of the patient. Upon investigating other cases involve similar ethical dilemmas, the ethics committee has considered several cases and consultations before reaching a conclusion. (cbhd.org, 2008).

The Standards of Ethical Coding are based on the American Health Information Management Association 's (AHIMA 's) Code of Ethics. Both sets of philosophies show what the expectations of practiced conduct for coding is for professionals involved in diagnostic and/or procedural coding or other health record data (AHIMA House of Delegates) . In any area of the healthcare field, you must be careful to remain ethical at all times. Even when you are at home. You can’t just talk about patients. We all know that saying “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” It is the same concept in the workplace. “What happens in the workplace stays in the workplace.”

The hospital is not engaged in the practice of a mixed sale by selling the pacemaker and also charging for surgery at the same time. The transaction was not primarily for the pacemaker and the surgeon just happen to include the service of surgery

The second issue to be analyzed counters that possible result. If the transistor company were to continue in business then there lies the opportunity to save countless lives that could benefit greatly due to the technology. Yes, the company is putting itself at risk, but for the result of saving people who really need pacemakers. It is known that pacemakers have failed before, but it can be assumed that the aforementioned pacemakers did not have this company’s transistor in it or else they most likely would’ve already left the contract. That being said, there is the possibility that the other transistors that were being used were just poorly made (Shanks, 1996). As a result of this, the main Utilitarian issue being presented is does the company end the contract and not take the unnecessary risk associated, or do they continue the contract and potentially save countless lives?

The issue is whether to respect the family’s autonomy and remove the pacemaker that is prolonging Jeffery’s life and create more suffering, or if this is beneficent. Today, pacemakers are a common treatment for cardiac rhythm problems and can be life sustaining. According to Zellner et al. (2009), “As patients age and

Jumpstater Inc had developed a product, Jumpstarter I, which was a pacemaker intended to regulate the heartbeat of an individual in the body. At the end of the nineties, the company discovered that the device became faulty when the body temperature increased above normal. To reverse the damage, the firm asked the medical facilities that had any unused product to return them to the company for credit. Additionally, Jumpstarter Inc. advised practitioners to remove any device that had already been implanted in the patients.

One example of the cost of a device failure is a hospital bed. In this scenario, the mattress was not properly maintained during a routine inspection, and the device was deemed normal operation. Nevertheless, it had a leak in the air mattress, that leak created an ulcer on the patient’s bottom; the cost of an ulcer to be treated ranges from as low as $500 to $50,000 dollars. Besides finically losing money, they might have a longer/harder recovery because of a failure of the device. The healing process can take anywhere from 3 hrs. to years depending on the severity. Of course this example is a dramatization, and clinical staff are trained in methods to help prevent ulcers form forming. The patient’s family would have increased stress, as there love one recovery would be slower than expected. The University of Kansas Hospital treats people from all over the world on a daily basis. It is common for the family to travel to the hospital so their family can receive gold standard patient care; high travel cost adds up, the cost of extended stay due to faulty equipment, is another stressor that the family should not have to worry about such cost. I would be deliberately acting against