Assignment Instructions/ Description
As a healthcare executive, you must be familiar with the rules that govern professional responsibility and liability not only for the health executive but for those healthcare professionals in your employ. Additionally, you must be aware of the potential impact that lack of compliance in these areas can have on your organization. (Please Use A PhysicianSelect a U.S. state and one type of healthcare professional (e.g., medical technologist, pharmacist, physician, nurse, etc.). Research the state’s regulations and statutes for licensure, registration, credentialing, and/or certification for the chosen professional. In other words, what is required of the healthcare professional to legally practice in that state? Make sure you examine any regulations related to facility accreditation and Joint Commission requirements.
Explain:
The process the healthcare professional must follow to achieve licensure and/or certification.The legal and extra-legal requirements.The civil complaint steps consumers or patients can follow in a case of alleged incompetence or misconduct.The process that the state’s responsible regulatory agency(ies) follows to investigate allegations and, if necessary, implement sanctions or other disciplinary actions.The possible criminal liability due to incompetence, abuse, or misconduct.Additionally, you will create an executive summary that will be posted in the IPE Exchange: Week 4, located in the SHS IPE Forum in The Commons. Make sure you click on Follow This Thread so you can engage in dialogue with your peers and colleagues in the Nursing (DNP-7004) and Health Administration (DHA-7006) programs. You are encouraged to respond to any questions or comments posed to your posting, as well as to respond in kind to others’ postings in the thread.
Posting of the executive summary is a requirement for this assignment. Failure to do so will result in point deductions. Your paper and posting should reflect doctoral-level writing, including proper grammar and spelling, and adhere to current APA formatting. Professionalism and netiquette are expected, not only in your initial posting but in any response(s) made to your colleagues.
Length: a minimum of 5 pages, including your executive summary (not including title page and reference page).
References: Include a minimum of 3 scholarly resources to support the professional responsibility paper and executive summary IPE Forum posting.
use a few citations from the following citations:Basanta, W. E. (2005). Survey of Illinois law: Health care professional licensure and discipline. Southern Illinois University Law Journal, 29...Link
Boyd, C. E. (2008). How compliance intersects with medical staff issues: Credentialing. Journal of Health Care Compliance, 10(2), 11–18.Link
Buppert, C. (2013). Legal limits: CMS says NPs credentialed by medical staff, not human resources. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 9(5), 317–318.Link
Elwell, S. (2017). Certification matters. Journal of Trauma Nursing, 24(6), 342–344.Link
Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital. (n.d.). Code of conduct for medical staff [PDF document].Link
Peters, G. G. (1984). Reallocating liability to medical staff review committee members: A response to the hospital corporate liability doctrine...Link
Teaching new medical staff leaders about the credentialing process. (2016). Medical Staff Briefing, 26(8), 1–4.Link
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (n.d.). Tips for small businesses: General non-discrimination policy tips.Link
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