Presenting an Ethical Situation to CERC
Creation date: 6/14/2022 8:43 AM
Updated: 11/17/2022 2:38 PM
The Clinical Ethical Review Committee provides a forum for
difficult, complex, ethical issues to be explored in order to provide education
to the agency on areas that lack ethical clarity. The Committee serves as a venue to learn from
our experience as an agency, assess quality of care, and observe gaps in our
policies and procedures that may be addressed to provide clarity or guidance
for complicated clinical issues.
The Committee:
- The Committee is advisory and educational in nature.
- The Committee makes recommendations, not decisions.
- A designated staff person takes detailed notes of the meeting, clearly marking recommendations made.
- These written notes and recommendations are shared with the referring staff members and stored in a secure location to ensure that personal health information is protected.
Referring Staff
- Documentation
o The CERC consultation is documented as a service planning and coordination note if the consult was associated with service planning. A very brief summary of the ethical issue and recommendations are documented.
o The CERC consultation is documented as a non-bill chart note if consultation was not associated with service planning. A very brief summary of the ethical issue and recommendations
- Staff time is documented as Agency Engagement (AE) time.
Please see attachment for the CERC Referral Form, which can be emailed to ethicsreferral@hcrs.org
CERC Referral Form.docx