Rasmussen Medical Center is building a long term care (LTC) facility (nursing home) that will be connected to the hospital. You have been
invited to a planning meeting with the HIM Director who must plan for the patient record system in the new facility. The HIM Director has
asked you to prepare a PowerPoint presentation on the differences between an acute care setting and a long term care setting. What are
some of the first things you could do to be sure you understand how medical records might be managed differently in this type of facility?
What are some of the obvious differences between a hospital and a long term care facility that will likely affect health information at
this facility?
Your presentation should be a minimum of 6 slides (including a Title slide and References slide) and address the following:
Overview of an acute care facility versus a LTC facility.
Examples of services that are specific to a LTC facility.
Differences in chart documentation.
Differences in health care payers.
Overview of how medical records might be managed differently in LTC versus an acute care facility.
Include APA formatted citations for your references.
Ethical Decision Making
The following steps can be used in ethical decision making: (1) Clarify the ethical dilemma; (2) gather more facts; (3) identify options; (4) make a decision; (5) act; (6) evaluate.
Ethical Decision Making
The following steps can be used in ethical decision making: (1) Clarify the ethical dilemma; (2) gather more facts; (3) identify options; (4) make a decision; (5) act; (6) evaluate.
Conduct a literature search on Decision Making Models.
Chose one that interest you.
Discuss in one paragraph a summary . Discuss whether your model included all 6 steps of ethical decision making.
Lastly, share an ethical dilemma that you may have been involved in or know of from the work environment.
Black, B. (2014). Professional nursing concepts and challenges (7th ed.). St .Louis, Missouri
.
Chose one that interest you.
Discuss in one paragraph a summary . Discuss whether your model included all 6 steps of ethical decision making.
Lastly, share an ethical dilemma that you may have been involved in or know of from the work environment.
Black, B. (2014). Professional nursing concepts and challenges (7th ed.). St .Louis, Missouri