Instructions

You have recently been promoted to Health Services Manager at ThreeMountains Regional Hospital, a small hospital located in a mid-size cityin the Midwest. Three Mountains is a general medical and surgicalfacility with 400 beds. Last year there were approximately 62,000emergency visits and 15,000 admissions. More than 6,000 outpatient and10,000 inpatient surgeries were performed.

Three Mountains was recently in the news after employee emails werepublished in which patients were discussed in very negative terms,although patient names were not used. The employees that sent theseemails were fired. The CEO and the Board of Directors has tasked youwith developing an intake packet for new patients that will reestablishpatient trust in the facility, employees, and staff. The patient packetwill address new patient concerns by including information about HIPAA,informed consent, a confidential health history report, and a livingwill. The new packet will also include the values of the organizationand a code of ethics.

Your intake packet will start with the Hospital’s Code of Ethicsthat includes at least 10 ethical points. The code of ethics shouldinclude (at a minimum):

• Patient relations
• Physician activities
• Billing for services
• Political activities
• Conflict of interest
• Communication, including social media
• Privacy

The Code of Ethics should be submitted in bullet format in a Worddocument with an introduction. APA formatting for the ethical points andproper grammar is required.

Upon completion of your code of ethics, please prepare a PowerPointpresentation (or other shareable Webware/software you prefer) withnarration in which you explain each ethical point and its relevance inthe healthcare industry with examples to the CEO, so that she can answerquestions from the Board.

1. The PowerPoint should have a minimum of 5 slides and a maximum of 12.
2. Describe each ethical point in the Code of Ethics.
3. Use the notes area on each slide as needed to expand on the key points.
4. You may use a free screen capture site such as Screencast-O-Maticto record a video of your presentation. Screencast-O-Matic is a siteand program that can perform screen desk and audio capture up to 15minutes for free, and can be utilized on a Windows or Mac computer.(Note: You can use another, similar program if you prefer.Screencast-O-Matic is only a suggestion). Make sure that both your voiceand the PowerPoint slides are captured on the video.

Your audio presentation should include an introduction, a concisediscussion of each slide, and a conclusion. The presentation shoulddemonstrate your overall knowledge of the content, pronunciation ofwords, organization, proper recording, professionalism, and clarity.

Your presentation should be 10 minutes or less. Be sure to include the following:

• Include a link to the location of your live video on the last slide of your PowerPoint presentation.
• Make sure to use audience specific language and tone in yourPowerPoint. Remember, you would be presenting this to the CEO of yourfacility.