What further steps should be taken to protect confidentiality in the future?.
What further steps should be taken to protect confidentiality in the future?
Dr. Curious has a habit of wandering around the hospital and looking at the records of friends who are in the hospital. The nurses have tried to stop him, but he has retaliated by making their lives miserable and belittling them in public at every opportunity. Nursing administration has been notified but has done nothing, since it wants to avoid rocking the boat. What are the nurses’ ethical obligations after they have done everything mentioned in the text? See chapter 1. Is “not rocking the boat” a sufficient excuse for the administration to do nothing further? 6. Administrators at the Oxcrossing Mental Health Center have decided to cooperate with a project that will centralize all public mental health records for four adjoining states in a central computer for research pur poses. The professional staff objects and refuses to go along unless all identifying information is removed. The administration agrees, but is later caught restoring Social Security numbers. The staff retaliates by listing only vague, harmless diagnoses so that the records now reveal little or nothing. Is the staff ethical in altering the records to protect confidentiality? Note that incomplete or suspect records can endanger third-party reimburse- ment. Is there any possible reason for identifying the subjects for research PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH CARE ETHICS purposes? What further steps should be taken to protect confidentiality in the future?
What further steps should be taken to protect confidentiality in the future?
