Core Values Are the Bedrock of a Culture of Compliance in Health Care Agencies

Core values should be reexamined periodically in every health care agency to ensure that they are still the bedrock of its compliance culture. A health care agency culture is partially the outward demonstration of the core values underlying the ethical framework that dictates decision making. The question that must be asked is whether these existing core values are creating the culture of compliance that your agency desires. This article explores essential core values that are the bedrock of health care agencies and establishes the ingredients for developing a culture of compliance.