The Ethical Behavior of Healthcare Organizations

Once upon a time, medicine was in the hands of your family physician and local hospital. Today, healthcare is largely provided through large corporations. This presentation will describe society’s expectations for healthcare corporations, based on medical ethics, and the role of laboratory and other professionals.

Lecture Presenter
Brian R. Jackson, MD, MS
Brian R. Jackson, MD, MS
Adjunct Professor of Pathology and Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah School of Medicine
Medical Director, Business Development, ARUP Laboratories

Dr. Brian Jackson is the medical director of business development and is the executive editor of ARUP Consult at ARUP Laboratories. He is also an adjunct professor of pathology and biomedical informatics at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Jackson received a master’s degree in medical informatics and a medical degree from the University of Utah. He completed a clinical pathology residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and was a National Library of Medicine Informatics fellow at the University of Utah. Dr. Jackson is certified in clinical pathology by the American Board of Pathology and is a member of the American Medical Informatics Association and a fellow of the College of American Pathologists. His research interests include economic analysis of diagnostic testing, physician utilization of laboratory tests, and corporate social responsibility in healthcare.

Objectives

After this presentation, participants will be able to:

Describe the foundational principles of medical ethics
Describe recent trends in corporate responsibility
List ways to reinforce accountability between healthcare organizations and their patients and communities