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Chapter 16, pages 549-552 and page 628

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one of top ranking challenges faced by most providers   timeliness & efficiency of shared access to patient information  
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patients are misdiagnosed/mistreated due to lack of   timely & easily available information at point of care  
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National Health Information Infrastructure NHIN   endeavor working toward vision of an effective, efficient, high-quality health care system harnessing power of shared data to improve hlth of all Americans.  
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an Internet-based architecture linking disparate health care info system together allowing sharing of clinical info securely   concept of NHIN as defined by DHHS  
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was identified as critical environmental force that would significantly improve health care   HIT  
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beneficence   refers to actions that promote the well being of others; taking actions that serve the best interests of patients  
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Code of Ethics   guides the practice of people who choose given profession & sets forth values & principles defined by professions as acceptable behavior within practice setting  
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ethics   formal process of intentionally & critically analyzing, w/respect to clarity & consistency, the basis for one's moral judgments  
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end values   terminal values or goals that most of us strive for  
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laws   system of rules, usually enforced through a set of institutions, primary social mediator of relations between people  
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mission   broad-term statement of organization's purpose  
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defines geographical environment & population that organization serves   mission statement  
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morals   motivation based on ideas of right and wrong  
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Normative Ethics   arriving at moral standards that regulate right and wrong conduct; search for an ideal litmus test of proper behavior  
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nonmaleficence   one of the principal precepts of medical ethics; Latin phrase that means "First, do no harm." The phrase is sometimes recorded as primum nil nocere  
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justice   concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, fairness, or equity  
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power   ability of one person to influence another person to do something he/she would otherwise not decide to do  
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utilitarianism   actions are to extent that they tend to promote happiness & wrong to extent that they tend to promote reverse of happiness  
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value   fundamental beliefs.truths that organization adheres to  
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Values Clarification   idea that reflecting on & understanding our own value commitments & priorities is an essential process as a precondition for ethically responsive decision making & leadership  
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refers to your own moral choices   morality  
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refers to formal process of intentionally & critically analyzing basis for your moral judgments for clarity & consistency   ethics  
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ethics provides a formal way to   step back from conflict, search for reasons to support one choice over another, & apply reasoning in future  
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you should use an ethical decision making process to ensure that you   make reliable moral judgments in your professional practice  
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organizing structures that help us identify important language & key concepts & provide for systemic reflection & dialogue   ethical theories  
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"Can I as a rational person, consistently will that everyone in a similar situation will act the same way? is an example of   deontological theory  
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it supports common moral intuitions about the absolute value of persons and not only the instrumental value   advantage of deontological theory  
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inability to decide among duties when they conflict and inability to take some consideration of consequences when they seem to be particularly important   disadvantage of deontological theory  
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in recent years, a number of philosophers have come to doubt that there can be   only one correct ethical theory  
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ethical theories cannot   provide us with certain truths  
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ethical theories can   guide/direct our moral reasoning while striving to make reliable moral judgments  
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ethical approach characterized as abstract, impartial & detached   principle-based analysis  
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principle-based analysis involving consequences   beneficence & nonmaleficence  
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principle-based analysis involving duties   respect for autonomy & justice  
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powerful moral claim that others are obligated to respect   rights  
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ethical approach based on consideration of whether an action affirms/violates basic human rights   analysis of rights  
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considers emotional commitment & a willingness of individuals in relationships to act unselfishly for benefit of others   ethics of care  
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values sympathy, compassion, fidelity, discernment, & love   ethics of care analysis  
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ethics of care analysis does not include   well-developed basis for providing justification of courses of action  
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habit of behaving in a good way   virtue  
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ethical approach that examines feelings, motivations, & duties; examines not only actions, but individual’s character as well   virtue-based analysis  
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tools used to analyze a problem & build moral justification in a clinical setting   bioethicist’s toolbox  
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necessary part of moral analysis   disagreement  
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confronting counterarguments & responding to them makes an argument   stronger  
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during analysis should always make strongest argument possible for other choice, & then   show why your original argument is stronger  
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people can disagree about each of the steps in the   ethical decision making process  
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disagreements in the ethical decision making process include:   steps, facts, values involved, or application of moral reasoning.  
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resolution of the disagreement of the application of moral reasoning, in ethical decision making process requires   skills of respectful attention, patience & open inquiry  
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being thorough & clear thinking, challenge assumptions, figure out where disagreements lie, & striving to resolve them   responsibility in moral reasoning process  
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we must help build moral consensus when possible and   respect moral freedom when not  
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conscientious objection is   an essential ethical concept  
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withdrawing from participation in certain situations because of personal moral beliefs   conscientious objection  
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ethical issues is not what is the right thing to do rather how to do it, given the practice environment   moral distress  
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JCAHO standards require _____ to help patients, families & staff address ethical issues in clinical care   ethics mechanism  
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in order to uphold public's trust in HIM profession, the goal of the study of ethics is to enable HIM professionals to   make reliable moral judgments  
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coding professionals are charged with   linking documentation to the cod that reflect its meaning  
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for physicians, operative services are billed using   global packages  
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for hospitals, operative services are billed using   facility fees  
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deliberate deception /falsification that person knows false/doesn’t believe to be true, & that they still make, distinguishing deception could result in an unauthorized benefit to person who commits act   fraud  
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incidents/practices of physicians/ broker of equipment that, although not typically deemed fraudulent, are conflicting w/acknowledged sound medical, business or fiscal practices   abuse  
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responsible to ensure most current coding/billing guidelines for Medicare are comprehended by themselves, as well as will administrative staff   providers  
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