Module 4 – Case ORGANIZATIONAL LIABILITY AND INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY

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Module 4 – Case

ORGANIZATIONAL LIABILITY AND INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY

Assignment Overview

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University (Makary & Daniel, 2016) found that at the ????me of their study, medical errors accounted for the third leading cause of death in the United States. Medica????on errors are included in this. In Module 2 we explored individual liability. In Module 4 we examine organiza????onal liability.

Makary, M., & Daniel, M. (2016). Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US. BMJ, 353.

Case Assignment

Capazzola, D. D. (2016). Medica????on mix-up leaves 51-year-old pa????ent with permanent brain damage a????er heart surgery. Healthcare Risk Management, 38(1).

Read the ar????cle above by Capazzola. A????er reviewing this and other background readings, and doing independent research, address the following:

1. What are the details of the case described by Capazzola?

2. What was the decision of liability made by the court?

3. While the ar????cle does not state the specific legal grounds for decision, why do you think that the hospital was found par????ally liable? Be sure to specifically discuss forms of organiza????onal liability reviewed in the textbook.

4. What safeguards could be put in place to reduce the risk of future error, and thus hospital liability?

Assignment Expecta????ons

1. Conduct addi????onal research to gather sufficient informa????on to jus????fy/support your analysis.

2. Limit your response to a maximum of 4 pages (????tle and reference page is not included in page number count)

3. Support your paper with peer-reviewed ar????cles, with at least 4 to 5 references (atempt to have 1 reference with each paragraph).