Determine if there are any potential ethical decision

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Case Study

Jan Geisler is the HIM director at Hillside Medical Center. The administration at Hillside has just approved the budget, which includes a new electronic health record. They assign Jan as the project manager and give her the task of reviewing and selecting the company (vendor) with the EHR that best suits the hospital's needs. Jan immediately thinks of her college roommate, Ana. She also majored in HIM and now works for a large EHR vendor in California.

Jan sends a quick email to Ana to catch up and asks about her company's EHR system. Ana responds immediately with updated pictures of her family and some general information about the EHR her company sells. Ana offers for her company to fly Jan to California so she can see the system and have a live demonstration.

As an added bonus, Ana cannot wait to see her friend, take her to dinner, and catch up. Jan goes to California and enjoys her time with Ana, but she is a little disappointed with the EHR system. She just doesn't think it will meet the needs of her hospital. Jan has a meeting with the chief information officer today and is expected to present her recommendations. She feels obligated to recommend Ana's company but she also has major concerns about their product.

Assignment Questions - Part I:

Determine if there are any potential ethical decision-making violations in the case study above regarding Jan's investigation of EHR vendors?

Assess if it would be a conflict of interest for Jan to do business with her personal friend Ana? Justify within your response, your rationale, for Jan to work with Ana or to not work with Ana.

Using the seven-step ethical decision-making model, evaluate this case study scenario and provide an explanation of what each step in this process should look like at Hillside Medical Center.

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