Ethical Criteria for Decision-Making within Healthcare Organizations

Abstract

The personal and professional decision-making process is omnipresent, comprising choices from the trivial to the profoundly transformative. These judgments might be made unconsciously in personal or explicit professional situations. Ethics are crucial to professional decision-making, especially in healthcare organizations (HCOs). This is crucial in healthcare because even little departures from norms may harm patients. This paper aims to examine salient research on ethical criteria in decision-making within HCOs and underline pivotal factors to ensure ethically sound decision-making in these settings. This analysis employed a literature review methodology. Organizational management requires decision-making to meet patient demands and improve community health. An educated investigation, a clear flow chart, and a well-structured ethical approach may lead to better answers and morally sound decisions. Establishing an HCO ethical committee may also prevent hasty choices by following a procedure. It also allows post-hoc decision evaluation to measure robustness and influence on stakeholders, including health providers. This examination may discover decision flaws and risks, helping resolve ethical difficulties. Executives to staff members make ethical decisions in HCOs, which vary by scientific subject, experience, talents, and company culture. Maintaining ethical standards in decision-making is a complex and continual undertaking that requires a thorough grasp of many aspects.