Restriction of Movement

Restriction of Movement

Due to reasons and concerns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is best to restrict any visitations during the lockdown at the organization. Limiting the movement of people into the organization is important for protecting the health of all stakeholders. Governments around the world and health organizations have directed people to minimize their movement as one of the strategies to reduce the spread of COVID-19 (WHO, 2020). As people self-isolate, the organization’s responsibility is to ensure that the trend is enforced for all individuals’ safety.  A policy that enforces limited movement into and out of the organization is important in ensuring that everybody feels safe.

The work-from-home directive has been implemented in numerous entities (Greyling, Rossouw, & Adhikari, 2021). However, due to the nature of our organization’s work, it is impossible for everyone to work from home. To ensure that the employees who must report to the workplace feel safe, the walk-in clients will be managed through limited movement. Clients will be served through different platforms, such as telehealth. Those who need admission will be allowed in, and a designated relative or friend will be allowed to visit them always. This safeguards the employees who are already tested and vaccinated. Visitors will be required to observe all safety procedures. This further safeguards the patients from Facility Acquired Illnesses.

Finally, the policy is expected to protect the public from the spread of COVID-19 from the facility. Once patients test positive for the infection, they will be treated without any release and restricted from interacting with others except their caregivers. This may sound inhuman, but it is important in protecting other patients, the employees, the families of each stakeholder’s group, and the public. Therefore, the policy is much needed for the reduced spread of the infection.

References

Greyling, T., Rossouw, S., & Adhikari, T. (2021). The good, the bad, and the ugly of lockdowns during Covid-19. PLoS ONE, 16(1). doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245546

WHO. (2020). Getting your workplace ready for COVID-19.

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Restriction of Movement

Primary Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 300–500 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions with your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

For this Discussion Board, please complete the following:

The healthcare world and the world overall are now a very different place since the COVID-19 global pandemic uprooted people’s daily lives. Healthcare policy had to change on a dime in many places. For example, hospitals, fearing the worst, limited the visitation of family members to those loved ones struck with illness (both COVID and non-COVID). New parents had to take turns seeing their newborns. Telehealth has taken on a new leading role in many healthcare organizations because face-to-face visits were no longer acceptable due to nationwide lockdowns. Many organizations do this to mitigate risk and follow strategic national policy. Your organization has decided to take a stand to implement the same strategy. Its policy is to not allow any visitors during a lockdown.

In this class debate, you are going to be placed on the side of the new visitation policy. Your task is to argue for or against the new policy based on your last name. Those with last names beginning in A–M will argue against it, and those with last names beginning in N–Z will argue for it. You are tasked with presenting your case to the class on why or why not the policy should stand. Cover the following:

Consider how this has changed the way that you view healthcare access and equality.
Consider the risk to the organization.
Consider the impact of the decision.
Should there be exceptions to the policy? Why or why not?
Use data and evidence from the literature to support your argument.
Remember that in healthcare administration, you are often tasked with supporting unpopular policy; it is not your job to change this policy; rather, your job is to defend the side that you are on respectfully.