Code of Conduct for Healthcare Organizations

As a healthcare professional, clinicians are expected to maintain a high level of professionalism in their interactions with clients, colleagues, and other healthcare team members.A code of conduct assist in providing a guiding standard of conduct, acceptable behaviors and expectations. It sets forth your organization's commitment to good practice, strongethics and compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The Code of Conduct for Healthcare Organizations will assistthe healthcare professional to better understand the key elements of a code of conduct as well as, the clinician's role in adhering to a set of standards.

As a professional, it is our ethical responsibility to remain knowledgeable about payment systems, billing, coding, documentation, clinical practice regardless of the population you serve. Clinicians are tasked with using their professional judgement in determining the amount of services, types of services, and length of service that is clinically appropriate for the patient/resident based on evidenced based practice.Does your organization have a code of conduct? Do you have a personal code of conduct? Do you know what your organization's mission is? This course will educate theattendee on how ethics and establishing a personal code of conduct guides our practice as well as, the resources available to the practitioner.

Delivery Format: Asynchronous, recorded video to be watched online at your leisure

Highlights

• Understand the purpose and importance of following a professional code of conduct.
• Review key elements of a code of conduct.
• Identify and review discipline specific resources to assistthe clinician in developing their own personal code of conduct.