Let’s Decide
This term describes a conflict between two or more ethical principles, making it hard to choose the right action.
What is an ethical dilemma?
An Accidental email containing client information sent to the wrong recipient is an example of this.
What is a breach of confidentiality?
This is a strong preconceived notion based on limited information that affects our decisions.
What is a cognitive bias?
This rule requires imforming the client in the case of an unsecured PHI breach.
What is the Breach Notification Rule?
This strategy involves establishing rules and guidelines to ensure everyone understands the boundaries and expectations regarding dual relationships.
What are "Clear Policies"?
In this step, you review the selected action to see if it presents new ethical considerations and apply the tests of justice, publicity, and universality.
What is "Evaluate the selected course of action"?
This will prevent confidential information from being retrieved from a peer mentor's computer.
What is locking or turning off the computer when not in use?
These shortcuts are designed to make decision-making quicker and more efficient.
What are mental shortcuts?
This is necessary to build trust and comply with legal obligations in healthcare.
What is the importance of patient privacy?
When faced with potential dual relationship scenarios, this strategy involves seeking guidance from experienced colleagues or supervisors to ensure ethical decision-making.
What is "Supervision and Consultation"?
Writing ideas on paper to provide clarity is a part of this step.
What is "Identify the problem"?
This will prevent a breach of confidentiality when sharing health information with another outside provider.
What is a signed release of protected health information (ROI)?
These biases are based on stereotypes, cultural context, background, and personal experiences.
What influences implicit biases?
This act protects sensitive patient health information.
What is HIPAA?
This strategy emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and ongoing self-examination to identify personal biases that might impact professional
What is "Reflective Practice"?
This step involves evaluating the pros and cons of each potential action.
What is "Consider the Potential Consequences"?
This basic standard requires peer mentors and other providers to make reasonable efforts to limit the amount of PHI disclosed.
What is the minimum necessary?
This is a strategy to explore and identify your own prejudices.
What is introspection?
This rule sets standards for electronic PHI protection.
What is the Security Rule?
This strategy focuses on maintaining a consistent and professional distance with clients to avoid conflicts of interest or ethical dilemmas.
What is "Boundary Setting"?
This step encourages brainstorming as many potential solutions as possible, even creative ones.
What is "Generate potential courses of action"?
Has the responsibility for mitigating the damage and preventing future occurrences of confidentiality breaches.
What are all behavioral health workers, including peers?
This involves considering experiences from the perspective of the stereotyped person.
What is perspective-taking?
This is the standard for the storage of physical files.
What is stored behind two locks?
This strategy includes both creating formal guidelines and providing education to staff to help them recognize and effectively manage potential dual relationships.
What is "Policy and Training"?