Code of Ethics
The Healthcare Quality Professional agrees
to uphold and promote the dignity of the
profession and is committed to:
- Practicing the profession with honesty,
integrity, and accountability.
- Maintaining the level of competence as
outlined in the Standards
of Practice for Healthcare
Quality Professionals.
- Seeking the trust and confidence of
all customers.
- Supporting the Standards
of Practice for Healthcare Quality Professonals.
- Respecting all laws, and avoiding
involvement in any false, fraudulent,
or deceptive
activity.
- Promoting the right of privacy
for all individuals and protecting
the
maintenance of confidential
information to the fullest
extent permitted by law.
- Maintaining membership in professional
organizations as a means
of promoting quality and avoiding
solicitation of business
or for
personal gain.
- Using expertise to inform
employers or clients of
possible positive
and negative outcomes
of management decisions
in an effort to facilitate informed
decision
making.
- Giving credit for the work
of others to those to
whom it is
due.
- Aiding the professional
development and advancement
of colleagues.
- Using the Certified
Professional in Healthcare
Quality (CPHQ) designation
only after
passing the written
examination and
standards established
by the Healthcare
Quality
Certification Board
(HQCB), and continuing
to maintain those
standards through the
recertification process.
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