Physicians and other healthcare providers are not the only individuals faced with ethical challenges. As a Heath Information Management (HIM) professional you may find yourself challenged at some point in your career with an ethical dilemma. It is important to recognize potential ethical challenges as they can impact you and your career.
For this assignment, you will research three ethical challenges faced by HIM professionals. Each case should involve some use of information through a system, software, or application. For example, use of information through an EHR, database, or encoder system. Based on your findings, compose a 3-4 page report to:
Describe the ethical challenges you have identified.
Explain the role of the HIM professional in each ethical challenge
Discuss the roles and responsibilities of healthcare providers (such as physicians, nurses, etc.) for health information documentation, in each ethical challenge
This assignment should be written in APA format and must include at least three (3) resources. You will need to use at least one professional journal article.
Point Allocation
Described the ethical challenges you have identified.
30 points
Explained the role of the HIM professional in each ethical challenge.
30 points
Discussed the roles and responsibilities of healthcare providers (such as physicians, nurses, etc.) for health information documentation, in each ethical challenge.
30 points
Summary written in APA format and include at least three (3) resources.
10 points
Total
100 points