Patients have a bill of rights as stated in Federal and often, state law. Patient's rights include among other things, consent to care. Another important right is the self-determination of their care through advanced directives and other choices such as designated advocate. As most of you know, everyone and every healthcare organization (HCO) who either cares or provides services to patients are to keep information protected under penalty of law. Patients also have rights to copies of their medi...

A Framework for Thinking Ethically This document is designed as an introduction to thinking ethically. We all have an image of our better selves-of how we are when we act ethically or are "at our best." We probably also have an image of what an ethical community, an ethical business, an ethical government, or an ethical society should be. Ethics really has to do with all these levels-acting ethically as individuals, creating ethical organizations and governments, and making our society as a w...

Instructions Read the Mudge Paper Company Case Study. You are Jimmy Cricket, CEO of Mudge Paper Company and Lauren’s boss. You have come into the office early on the day after the Memorial Day Holiday to find Lauren’s report on your desk explaining the events of the Friday before and her subsequent decision. You are not happy because this is the exact reason why you wanted group decisions and, as a result, you would like to bring Lauren up on the carpet ASAP. However, y...

Instructions Using your own words and based on this week's readings, define what the difference is between problem solving  and decision making. Look at each of the five scenarios below. Identify whether the scenario poses a problem to solve or a decision to be made. Explain HOW and WHY you came to your answer. You are governor of a state. A very influential political group’s leader comes to meet with you, asking for more money to be spent on shelters for the homel...

MDQ STEP THREE: BUILDING THE DECISION - GATHERING INFORMATION: The purpose of this week's discussions is to address the type of information HH needs to gather in coming up with creative alternatives to use in the MDQ decision making model. Useful information involves researching anything that the decision maker needs to know that might influence the decision making process. This includes experience from past or future situations as well as factual information. Even though the decision maker h...

MDQ STEP TWO: FRAMING THE DECISION There are three components to a decision frame in the MDQ model: Purpose - What does Harry Hannah hope to accomplish by making the decision? Scope - What should Harry Hannah include and exclude in the decision? Perspective - What is Harry Hannah's point of view about the decision? What are the ways he wants to approach, or others may approach, making the decision? (Framing is like the zoom feature of the camera. What we include in the picture is t...

MDQ STEP ONE: DECISION STATEMENT Now that you are familiar with Hannah's Hats and the decision that Harry Hannah is tasked with making, you will begin the process of making a decision using the MDQ decision making model. The purpose of Week 4's Discussion is to discuss step one of the MDQ model, possible decision statements you come up with to be discredited through discussion, validate and support the correct decision statement for the discussion, and to become familiar with Hannah's Hats' c...

Throughout the course you will have four discussions - Week 2, Week 4, Week 5, and Week 6. You will want to make sure to review the Week 7 assignment in the course, as this requires you to use the information from these four discussions. Make sure that you are diligent in using these discussions as a way to gain the knowledge and information you will need to complete that final assignment. Choose the bias that you believe most reflects each of the six statements below. Explain why you selecte...

THIS IS A GROUP ASSIGNMENT - For this assignment, each group of students will develop a digital media marketing campaign using Facebook. This will be focused on the organization & topic you agreed on as a group in week 3. **This assignment should be completed in a PowerPoint format** Conduct research and find what kind of online marketing campaigns this organization uses to promote its services. Now, think about a service of the organization you chose that would be best promoted ...

THIS IS A GROUP ASSIGNMENT - For this assignment, each group of students will develop a digital media marketing campaign using Facebook. This will be focused on the organization & topic you agreed on as a group in week 3. **This assignment should be completed in a PowerPoint format** Conduct research and find what kind of online marketing campaigns this organization uses to promote its services. Now, think about a service of the organization you chose that would be best promoted ...