Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:
- What were the federal investigation and licensure complaints levied against Dr. Javed and Linda Prochaska, RN?
- What remedies do you suggest?
- What are the human and ethical considerations?
- What precautions should have been taken by the clinic to ensure patients were protected?
- What is Freemont Hospital’s liability regarding the outbreak?
Part 2
Student Responses:
Student Response 1: Student response 1: Review the classmates’ posts and respond to at least one in a minimum of 150 words. Explain why you agree or disagree. Then, share an example from your professional experience to support your assertions.
The Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation, Corporate Compliance Plan, establishes the framework for internal policies and procedures that guide and assist them in complying with the laws and regulations that apply to healthcare services (Pronovost et al., 2015). And the Emory Healthcare Compliance Program is designed to help meet their organizational goals of excellence. It defines the standards of conduct expected from each Emory Healthcare (EHC) community member. This regulatory and ethics quality assurance program reflects EHC’s commitment to high legal, ethical, moral, and governmental standards in meeting our fundamental mission of providing quality care to patients (Emory Healthcare, 2018).
Both corporate compliance programs are from health systems that cover hospitals, centers, and clinics, one in the South and the other on the East Coast. Furthermore, their goal is to achieve the Triple Aim. They must be socially responsible in providing the optimal patient-care experience, reducing the cost of care by identifying risk and ensuring they provide quality healthcare to the populations they serve.
The recommendation is to incorporate the following components from John Hopkins Health System and Emory Healthcare into the Southern California Inland Hospital systems compliance program:
- Compliance program accountability related to failure to follow the standards of conduct will result in discipline, which could result in termination from employment.
- Monitoring by scheduling risk assessments and having an auditing system to detect non-compliant conduct and determine the compliance program’s effectiveness.
These two recommendations will address the gaps that currently exist as they relate to compliance procedures. As there is no liability, which causes no one to take ownership. Compliance programs are essential to sustaining a culture of patient safety and quality within a healthcare system that follows local, state, and federal laws. Decisive leadership must be willing to follow through with the policies and procedures established for the compliance program. Correcting and mitigating the harm done (and preventing violations from continuing) is a necessary final step in an effective compliance program (Boese, 2016).
References:
Boese, J. T. (2016). Do Corporate Compliance Programs Really Prevent Corporate Wrongdoing? Of Course They Do!. Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review, 4(1), 9. https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/ecgar/vol4/iss1/4
