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Dive into the concept of integrity in healthcare with a focus on definitions, characteristics, and practical exercises. Discover what integrity looks like, how it impacts healthcare professionals, and engage in self-evaluation activities to enhance personal integrity.
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WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS PRESENTATION Overview of Integrity Activity #1: Yes s and No s Acting With Integrity Activity #2: Self Evaluation Activity #3: Defining Integrity and Honesty Integrity in Healthcare Activity #4: Game Plan
Definitions of Integrity A dedicated obligation to an accepted code of conduct An individual s attitude towards a precise and accepted way of living (Toledo-Pereyra, 2006)
What Does Integrity Look Like? A person with integrity: Keeps commitments. Tells the truth. Takes a stand for what one perceives is right. Has a strong sense of self.
What Does Integrity Look Like? A person with integrity: Respects others--their beliefs and their skills. Is dedicated to a personal code of ethics. Has inner strength. Associates with people who have strong morals.
What Does Integrity Look Like? A person with integrity: Lends a helping hand. Has discipline and self-control. Is honest. Stays true to his/her word believes that a YES MEANS YES and a NO MEANS NO. (Champions of Character, 2016)
Activity #1: Yess and Nos Pair up into groups of two
Integrity Integrity is a virtue in which you stand up for what you believe, but also have proper respect for the beliefs of others. (Calhoun, 1995)
Integrity Acting with integrity requires a desire to do something right rather than avoiding something you don t want to do. (Calhoun, 1995)
Lets Continue the Work!! When integrity is present, positive things happen. The opposite is true as well!!
Activity #3: Defining Integrity & Honesty
Integrity Vs. Moral Beliefs The healthcare provider who acts with integrity is able to do things that s/he finds unpleasant. That person is still acting with integrity if s/he declines to participate in a medical procedure that goes against his/her moral values.
Integrity in Healthcare In 1995 the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) introduced standards to ensure that the integrity of clinical decision making is protected from financial pressures. The hope was to instill ethical sensitivity in all JCAHO accredited institutions.
Integrity in Healthcare Organizational integrity shouldn t mean what you can tdo Organizational integrity should foster a climate that emphasizes what you should do. Organizational integrity should be concerned with how organizations ought to act with respect to their moral obligations toward society.
Achieving Organizational Integrity Barriers include: Managed care and provider reimbursement. Increased numbers of specialists providing care for individual patients. Inconsistent collaboration between providers. Situations where nobody is running the show.
Achieving Organizational Integrity Two major components: The culture of the organization as evidenced by their underlying core values. The organizational infrastructure or systems.
Achieving Organizational Integrity An organization s infrastructure is an important vehicle for reinforcing core values AND An ensures that decisions, actions, and consequences reflect the underlying core values.
Achieving Organizational Integrity Organizational Infrastructure Continuous Monitoring and Evaluation Culture (Core Values) Prioritize Core Values Decision Making Actions Consequences Silverman (2000)
Achieving Organizational Integrity Everyone within an organization should be encouraged to be involved in the development of the core values and in the continuous cycle of quality improvement.
Activity #4: Game Plan 5 Ways I Can Show Integrity in the Workplace 5 Ways I Can Show Integrity in my Personal Life
Summary Take these explanations and activities back to your departments and pass the word!! Remember that INTEGRITY is doing the right thing when nobody is looking.
Thank You!! Questions? Comments?
