Ellen Fox, M.D.
The idea of evaluating ethics quality in health care is not new—but until now, it has proven to be easier said than done. The latest issue of AJOB Primary Research aims to jumpstart progress on ethics quality evaluation. It features six Open Access articles from the VA’s National Center for Ethics in Health Care that describe our real-world experience evaluating ethics quality as part of IntegratedEthicsTM (IE)—our comprehensive model for managing ethics in health care organizations. Ethics quality is the foundation on which IE is built. IE’s concept of ethics quality is broad, encompassing practices from the bedside to the boardroom, and described here.…