Read the assigned readings and write up your answers to the case study questions below. Your finished product should be at least 650 words, not including citations, references, and the case, and must be submitted by the deadline in the calendar. We are looking for you to cite sources that add to the flavor of the discussion. Your unsubstantiated opinion will not suffice. Also, when giving examples, please try to provide examples other than what you found in the assigned readings. Case study Mary Ruiz is the HIM manager for an HMO in Autotown, Indiana. In 1999, she noticed an unusually large number of recorded cases of neurologic damage to the bladders of patients who were seen by several of the group’s physicians. Mary alerted her supervisor, Mr. King, about the apparent increase in cases and proposed that she create a special database to track the occurrence of this condition. Mr. King told her not to waste her time. Against her supervisor’s directives, Mary developed the database. Upon analyzing the data, Mary realized that all the affected patients worked in the same plant—a facility that manufactured automobile and truck seats. Alarmed by this discovery, Mary again approached her supervisor, this time with the suggestion that health authorities be notified of the increased incidence of this rare form of bladder disease. Again Mr. King rejected her suggestion. He reminded Mary that her primary responsibility was to provide data management services to the HMO healthcare team and to protect the confidentiality of patient records. He also reminded Mary that the manufacturing facility had the largest employee enrollment of any of the HMO’s clients and that the company was one of Autotown’s largest employers. Your assignment is to analyze the case using the Glover's decision making matrix, as discussed and used in previous units.
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