Students must write a paper and create a video report on an interview with a healthcare professional, selecting a specific topic related to healthcare responsibilities. The assignment requires a focus on specific employee roles, critical responsibilities, and relevant state and federal laws, including consequences for non-compliance. Both the paper and video are to be submitted by a specified deadline, with detailed guidelines provided for structure and format.

1. For this assignment, students are required to
Write a Paper
and
Create a Video Report
on an interview with a healthcare professional.
Select a topic from the list below [must be a different topic
from the one you chose for Assignment #l] or clear a topic with
the Instructor beforehand.
The purpose of this assignment is to raise the awareness of a
specific employee in a specific health care setting regarding a
potentially critical aspect of his/her responsibilities. Target the
right issue, the correct employee. In other words, the employee
should be either a head nurse or senior administrator thus your
discussion should be as you are interviewing specific employees
on their specific responsibilities and the specific consequences
of failing in those responsibilities.
For example: The
False Credentials
paper issue would be for HR offices while the
Critical Event
might be for operating room technicians.
Patient Treatment Consent
might be a good paper for a
Palliative Care Organization
or an Oncology Clinic discharge planning staff. The paper must
discuss accurate information for the setting with full
consideration of the relevant state and federal laws with
citations that are accessible by the instructor. The paper can ask
questions and use graphics to deliver certain points of
information but the graphics must be an addendum to the paper
and not in the body of the paper. The paper should include in its
conclusion “For more information about this issue…” and

2. include a reference or references in your Conclusion.
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
Elder abuse Mandatory Reporting
Child abuse Mandatory Reporting
HIV Mandatory Reporting
The False Claims Act- the civil penalties
TB Mandatory Reporting
Proper treatment of environmental hazards.
Medical error-Critical Incident
False credentials of health care personnel
Medical Charting violation
Violation of HIPAA- confidentiality
Failure to treat patients in a timely manner
Patient Choice and treatment consent
WRITE THE PAPER.
Outline: Must use the headings from the outline below in your
paper and the paper must be in a narrative form not outline or
bullet format. A penalty will be deducted from paper if
underlined headings not used in your paper.

3. 1.
Purpose of Paper, topic chosen, applicable Federal and/or state
laws
State the purpose of the paper and discuss why you chose the
particular topic, and provide the official title of the applicable
federal and/or state law, the statute and section number. Must
be either a federal/state statute and you must cite both, if
applicable. Thus if there is both a federal and state law that
covers the subject you selected, then you must cite both the
applicable federal and a state law. Summarize in this paragraph
the relevant language from the law that applies to your issue. If
there is a relevant health care organizational policy that you can
find, then please add that also. Do not assume that there is just
a federal and or state law. In most cases, there are both federal
and state laws. You must use the laws cited in this section
throughout the rest of the paper.
2.
The specific targeted employee group and specific health
services setting
Pick a specific health care setting and specific employee within
the health care setting and then discuss, in detail, why you
picked the specific employee and the specific health care
setting. Examples of health care settings are the ER, the OR,
nursing facilities, etc. Specific employee group may include
doctors, nurses, program administrators , etc. Please be mindful
to tailor your assignment to a specific employee and specific
health care setting. Do not discuss your topic in general terms.
The information gathered from the interview with a healthcare
should be incorporated into the written paper in a paraphrased
or quoted format (no more than 15% of the text for all citations

4. in total).
3.
Discussion of Three Critical Aspects of Employee’s
responsibilities
You are trying to improve the quality of care in your health care
organization. Thus, in this discussion area, you are using the
information you gathered from interviewing a specific employee
about their specific responsibilities and the specific
consequences of failing in those three responsibilities. You
must discuss at least three (3) specific employee critical
responsibilities. You must also specifically relate the applicable
federal and/or state law as to the specific consequences [you
may also add relevant hospital policies as well if found] for
failing in each of those responsibilities and provide citations to
support the consequences. Be sure and include in the discussion
the relevant law and hospital policies. Describe how each of
them is relevant to the employees’ critical responsibilities. The
outline below is to help you organize your thoughts but you
must use a narrative format to discuss each area. Be sure and
use my underlined headings below.
a) Discussion of Employee Specific Critical Responsibility 1
Discussion of specific consequence(s) for failing in this
responsibility
Discussion of a specific statutory requirement
A specific real-life legal case illustrating the consequences for
violating the specific responsibility.

5. b) Discussion of Employee Specific Critical Responsibility 2
Discussion of specific consequence(s) for failing in this
responsibility
Discussion of a specific statutory requirement
A specific real-life legal case illustrating the consequences for
violating the specific responsibility.
c) Discussion of Employee Specific Critical Responsibility 3
Discussion of specific consequence(s) for failing in this
responsibility
Discussion of a specific statutory requirement
A specific real-life legal case illustrating the consequences for
violating the specific responsibility.
4.
Conclusion
– Provide a summary of employee’s critical responsibilities,
consequences and the impact failing in those critical
responsibilities may have on the quality of health care. Also,
add a statement “For more information about this issue…” and
include a reference or references for further information on the
issue you discussed.
5.
References

6. End of headings
The paper must be:
Late penalties: See Course Syllabus.
Be sure and use the headings found in the outline in your paper.
The paper must be in a narrative format, not outline or bullets.
Double spaced and be 4-5 pages in 12 point New Times Roman
font.
Include a cover page [not counted as a page] which should have
student name and title of your paper [Provide a short name for
the legal responsibility the specific health care organization has
for one type of patient right in a specific setting ]
A the end of the paper a list of references in APA Format [not
counted as a page]
Be prepared using word-processing software and saved with a
.doc, .docx, or .rtf extension. No pdf.
Be uploaded to your Assignments Folder by 11:59 p.m. EST on
the due date.
The paper, along with the video, is to be posted in Assignment
#3 drop box.
Must cite to the source for all your facts in the text of your
paper in APA format.
Example of an in-text citation:

7. (Ernst, & Young, 2000 p14).
Example of the source cited on Reference page in APA format:
References
Healthcare Financial Management Association (U.S.), Ernst, &
Young. (2000).
Health care system reform: A provider perspective: survey
results.
Westchester, Ill.: Healthcare Financial Management
Association.
Paper will be 4-5 pages in length not counting cover page and
reference pages.
Grading rubric for Paper Assignment 3 is with the assignment in
the Assignment area of class.
CREATE A VIDEO REPORT BASED on an INTERVIEW
. Students should identify a specific healthcare employee that
has responsibilities to carry out the topic selected. Students
should then interview the employee and video record the
presentation based on the paper you write.
The video should be no longer than 3-4 minutes (you can use a
PPT, pictures or another format as background for your video
presentation).
Students should use "screencast-o-matic" to record the video at
https://screencast-o-matic.com/.
This software is free of charge and the product does not need to
be uploaded to the Internet.

8. The faculty must approve the utilization of another video
recording software before the class starts. It is the students’
responsibility to ensure the software is free of charge,
compliant with copy/licensure laws and requirements, ADA
accessible, visible to the faculty and other stakeholders as well
as compatible with LEO.
Students are to create a video "report". That means the student
should be the only person to appear in the video. Students
should neither ask an interviewee to be videotaped or have the
interview appear on camera in the video. The format of the
video is similar to the Introduction Video in Discussion Board
#1 where the student is the only person in the video.
Students can interview a health care professional in person, via
phone, Skype, WebEx, etc. However, students must provide
specific identifying information for the interviewee in the video
and paper to ensure authentication ie., the interviewee's full
name, employer, etc.
Students who do not know or cannot find a healthcare
professional that has responsibilities for the topic selected
should use UMUC's Career Quest to locate a healthcare
professional to interview at
https://careerquest.umuc.edu/people
Students should use the
Interview Script and Interview Questions
for the interview-presentation i.e. make sure you ask the
interviewee all the questions on this sheet. See attachment.
Students should submit the video and the paper by the deadline
via the assignment folder.
Voice recording is not approved for this assignment.

9. Interview
Questions for Assignment #3
Hello My Name is
[insert your name]
and this interview is being conducted for HMGT
372 –Legal
and
Ethical
Issues
in Healthcare for the
Spring 2018 class. I am here today
with
[insert name of your interviewee]
who has worked at
[insert name of interviewee’s
place of employment]
for

10. [insert years of employment]
as a
[insert name of interviewee’s
position].
Hi
[insert
name of interviewee]
thanks for allowing me to interview you.
Can you tell us about your current job
ie.,
what are your
general
responsibilities, how
many employees do you supervise, etc ?
Do you have any
specific
responsibilities for
[insert name of your topic

11. ie.,
medical
charting violations]?
What federal/state laws
do you have to comply with in order to carry out this
responsibility?
Can you discuss 3 critical responsibilities you have under
[insert your topic]?
What are the consequences if you or someone on your staff
fails to
comply with
[insert
topic]?
Are there administrative consequences?
Are there legal consequences?
How do you keep up to date on new laws and regulations
regarding
[insert topic]
to

12. ensure compliance?
How would you define a successful
[name of interviewee’s position
ie.,
administrator]?
Thank you for your time. You have been most helpful.