Code of Conduct for a Behavioral Health Center Shaquita Jefferson MHA622: Health Care Ethics & Law Judy Roberts Ethical Code of Conduct for a Behavioral Health Center Clear Mind behavioral health center provides a wide range of excellent counseling and mental health services by well trained, qualified and licensed professionals. Clear Mind has been in operation since 1988. We serve over 20,000 children, adolescents, adults, seniors and their families annually. Ethical issues are prevalent in this field of medicine. Our company has ensured that everyone that is employed with Clear Mind has a thorough understanding of our expectations. Organizational Structure According to Halm (2011), “Organizations do not function in a vacuum. They respond to the characteristics of their environment. Today’s organizations function in a constant state of change driven by a fiercely competitive global economy, advocated consumerism, rapidly developing technologies and increasing competition”. Clear Mind is composed of an executive board of directors, who ensure the smooth running of the entire organization. John Smith serves as our Chief Executive Officer (CEO). CEOs are the "key decision-makers” (Waldman, Siegel, & Javidan, 2006). The CEO ranks as the highest corporate executive in charge of overseeing the entire operation of an organization. The role of CEO typically reports to a board of directors that is elected by shareholders, or others with a financial stake in the
Another central feature of the board of directors is the question of whether the CEO is also the chairman of the board. When the CEO is also the chairman this is often referred to as “CEO duality”. In the US the CEO is often the chairman of the board. Studies have shown that the board in most cases
Throughout the years public health efforts have evolved in order to meet health care need of populations. Despite advances the United States continues to have high morbidity rates of individuals with chronic illness. Adding to the rates, many Americans are suffering from mental health disorders. The issue caused many research studies to focus on integrating behavioral health and primary care in order to reduce health disparities in the nation. This paper will analyze how the integration of behavioral health in primary care facilities help serve the need of our population.
As the president of the company, Kinneeveauk defined his role as a person with authority – to hire and fire, have fiscal responsibility to the company, employees and shareholders, and to make tough decisions. As a CEO, he is the chief
The President is the organization’s one primary stakeholder. He ultimately decides who is hired or remains
Before our session is to begin I need to make you aware of the privacy and confidentiality policy of the community center. HIPPA is a law enacted in 1996, to provide privacy standards to safeguard the client or potential client’s medical records and any healthcare information (HHS.gov). Here you have acknowledged you understand the HIPPA law. As a counselor I must follow a code of ethics as outline in the ACA 2104 Code of Ethic, it covers five ethical principles I must abide by respect for Autonomy(clients right to choose their own direction), non-maleficence(do no harm), beneficence ( to do good), justice( act in fair manner) and fidelity (client interest above the counselors) (ACAcounseling.org,2014).
Regardless of age, life can challenge an individual with complex issues such as mental illness and substance abuse. The Cone Health Behavioral Health Hospital, one of the many
As CEO, Joshua is responsible for strategic vision, sales and marketing, finance and accounting, and operations. After nearly 20 years in finance, Joshua was in the process of leaving his old job, where he stored his own personal information and managed his boss’ personal risk management. As he was leaving, he realized that there was no good solution to store, organize, and share this information. Conversations with his future co-founders confirmed that others were struggling with the same situation, so they formed a team to solve the problem.
Tristan is a sixteen year old male that has been admitted to Newport News Behavioral Health Center for the following reasons: mood instability, impulsivity, substance abuse, and poor impulse control.
I am interning at Pittsburgh Mercy’s Behavioral Health Service Coordination Unit (PMBH-SU). The unit serves 500-700 clients (consumers), and includes six teams. Each team includes a supervisor and 10-to-15 service coordinators (SC) and aids a specific population, such as adults, adolescents, and children. Additionally, all service coordinators’ clients have a mental health illness(s) diagnosis. PMBH-SCU provides outpatient services and individualized supportive services to clients of the Pittsburgh Mercy Health System. Employees in this unit typically obtained a social work or human services education or related professional experiences. The Unit’s goals are to coordinate services, offer support, and empower consumers to live healthy, fulfilling
Rosemont Center is located in Columbus, Ohio. It provides for the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well being of troubled youth and their families. Rosemont is committed to helping children in need; it is dedicated to healing and renewing youths with a history of trouble and abuse. Rosemont provides the unconditional acceptance, treatment, counseling, education and hope that the youths urgently need to be more productive members of the community. Rosemont had two locations, Rosemont-Bay Saint Louis and Rosemont-Jackson (Swayne, Duncan & Ginter, 2008).
The Chief Operations Officer (COO) and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) are the responsible individuals, which must make the appropriate decisions in order to protect the company’s wealth. As the COO, responsibilities include supervision of the three different product lines that
In order to be successful in the long range, the CEO's strategy must encompass countless factors. He must devise a plan to grow the business in the face of competitors, not only from within the United States but from any and every region of today's global economy. The CEO calls the plays for a team of tens (and sometimes hundreds) of thousands of workers. All of the actions of every employee and every aspect of the business must be coordinated and integrated to produce the cars, computers or CAT scanners that yield profits to the company. It is the CEO who is responsible for that integration.
The Board of Directors are in charge of determining the corporation’s leadership structure on an annual basis and determine if the board will be led by an independent Chairperson or an independent Lead Director. The board has decided that Ronald Sargent, the CEO of Staples, will remain and the Chairman of the board. The Board of Directors is broken down into five committees made up of around three or four board members. Each committee has there own responsibilities and are in charge of making critical decisions that they must assure is communicated properly throughout the entire company. This leadership structure assures that the Board of Directors has a proper balance of leadership roles that allows for a system that prevents any conflict of interests that may come from having the CEO serving on the board.
Like most multinational corporations, the shareholders own the company and they may also be the board of directors. A Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will be appointed to nominate and manage the operation of the company as a whole. A Chief Operating Officer (COO) will be managing the company’s day-to-day operations and reports them to CEO. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will be managing the finance and account together with the
* A sound vision and a visionary CEO can help organizations to sail cohesively through muddy waters. Especially in early or very difficult years of the organizations.