Discuss with your colleagues how a health care organization (HCO) can promote a culture of compliance and responsibility. Compliance is a term that connects to both legal and ethical responsibilities. See The Joint Commission Code of Conduct. How do these codes impact HCO ethical behavior?
Format.
Through your research, identify a specific organizational structure or program that illustrates compliance with a law, the Joint Commission, or another Code of Conduct?
- Provide a summary description in your own words. Don’t forget to use a citation for the compliance program. EXAMPLE: Is it a training program? A handbook? An immunization initiative? A patient care involvement program? A financial management practice? Penalties for fraud detection and reporting in the organization? Policy development? Procedure (SOP) creation? Benchmarks? Engaged QA/QC consultants?
- Note which specific legal violations this program could address or prevent.
- Advise which HCO setting this program work best in.
- In what way does this program serve as a “best practice” for other HCOs.
- Is this “best practice” specific to just this setting?