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Ethical Health Informatics, 3rd Edition
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Ethical Health Informatics, 3rd Edition

by Laurinda Beebe Harman, Frances Cornelius
December 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
764 pages
33h 39m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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CHAPTER 25: Advocacy

Susan Helbig, MA, RHIA

Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter, the reader should be able to:

  • Understand the general concept of advocacy and applications for ethical health information management (HIM) practice for anyone working in a healthcare environment, including advocacy for patients, colleagues, staff, the organization, and self.

  • Identify and assess difficult advocacy situations and reasons why there is tension among the different courses of action that can be taken.

  • Recognize potential need for a sponsor who has the power to sanction or legitimize an ethical health information action.

  • Consciously choose an ethical course of action.

  • Consider ways in which personal and professional goals can be attained ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781284053708