a talking point memo on sexual assault

Following a surge in sexual assault incidents in healthcare facilities, all staff are invited to the ethics and complaint procedure review meeting. For the sake of informing the procedures for policy adjustment, you will be requested to offer suggestions for further prevention of such instances. Please take into account the following points in order to obtain the necessary information for the upcoming meeting.

In healthcare institutions, there are more sexual harassment cases being reported. To comprehend the sexual harassment claim made against Dr. David Newman, read the litigation regarding Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Also consider the sentiments of other employees in order to better understand their overall perception on the internal policies regarding sexual assault. Moreover, examine the Adventist Medical Center incident involving sexual harassment claims filed against anesthetist and surgeon Seetharaman Ashok. Consider the administrative response in both cases (Relias Media, 2016). The information is available for your review at

https://www.ahcmedia.com/articles/137564-hospitals-sued-claims-of-sexual-abuse-harassment

Complaints: The nature of complaints in both cases is of great significance to our administration. In each case, the employees should identify the likely contributing factors to the incident occurrence. Notably, the claims are leveled against senior staff members. For instance, both Newman and Ashok had served for considerable period of time in the health facilities. Report on the chances of continued assault without raising complaints and the administrative willingness to take appropriate action. Also examine the profiles of the complainants and their period of service in the respective institution (McCoy, 2017) . For detailed information, you can also compare these cases to other occurrences in the following article https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/10/25/sexual-harassment-here-some-biggest-cases/791439001/

Hospital Response: Analysis of the hospital response in both cases should inform the suggestions applicable to our institutions. Remember that in each case, the administration responded to the lawsuit and incurred certain costs. Therefore, focus on our dedication to prevent incidents of sexual assault and the available measures. Provide the likely implications of the administrative response in both cases and the relevance to our institution. Also, suggest other likely response that would be appropriate if employed to the cases of sexual harassment for the stated cases (Little, 2016). These will be viewed on the basis of the complaint procedures in our institution available at http://memorialhealth.com/patient-rights.aspx

Identify Gaps: In your responses, identify gaps in the administrative reactions that resulted in the lawsuits. Notably, hospitals have guidelines on the complaint procedure. Examine how the complainants applied the available process in raising their complaints. Also, review the existing gaps in administrative response to the reports. These gaps should be compared to our policies especially in protecting employee and patient rights. It will be necessary to learn the existing procedures to efficiently understand what gaps are available in addressing similar concerns in case they occur (Memorial health 2017). The complete fact on the Hanford lawsuit is available at https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2696614-Hanford-Lawsuit.html

Provide Suggestions: You will then provide suggestion aimed at improving our service delivery especially in regards to sexual assault related complaints that may be experienced in the institution. In consideration to the identified gaps, you are expected to participate in suggesting the relevant changes that will result into protection of both patient and physicians against incidents of sexual assault (Krojer et al., 2014). Kindly, review the article below https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/10/25/sexual-harassment-here-some-biggest-cases/791439001/

References

Krøjer, J., Lehn-Christiansen, S., & Nielsen, M. L. (2014). Sexual Harassment of Newcomers in Elder Care-An Institutional Practice?. Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 4(1), 81.

Little G. (2016). Hanford- Lawsuit. Retrieved on 2nd January, 2018 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2696614-Hanford-Lawsuit.html

McCoy, K. (2017). Sexual harassment: Here are some of the biggest cases. Retrieved on 2nd January, 2018 https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/10/25/sexual-harassment-here-some-biggest-cases/791439001/

Memorial Health, (2017). Patient rights. Retrieved on 2nd January, 2018 http://memorialhealth.com/patient-rights.aspx

Relias Media, (2016). Hospital sued- claims of sexual abuse, harassment. Retrieved on 2nd January, 2018 https://www.ahcmedia.com/articles/137564-hospitals-sued-claims-of-sexual-abuse-harassment