Background:

Indiana Tech Hospital HIMDepartment employs 28 individuals across all of its functional units.The dynamics of the unit are as follows:

• Ralphis 74 years.Heis one of only two males in the department. He processes the release ofinformation requests for the department. He keeps to himself because hefeels that the other employees think he is slow and they have nothing incommon.
• Maggie is 17 years old. She is a recently graduatedhigh school. She works part time, various hours and days as she attendscollege. She enjoys social media and posts quite often. She also has abest friend who is getting married to his boyfriend this summer and it’sall Maggie and Rachel talk about.
• Rachel is 26 years old. Sheis the daughter of one of the hospital administrators. She is datingMichelle, a Unit clerk on the 5th floor. Rachel always requests to dothe floor runs each shift. She enjoys being able to see Michelle on herruns.
• Jennifer is a 27 year old single mom. She is always 5-7minutes late for work in the morning and spends the first 15 minutes ather desk putting on her make-up for the day. When she does finally startworking she gets a lot done and out performs the others in herdepartment.
• Hinda is a 38 year old indian woman. She speaksEnglish as a second language and it is very hard for others in thedepartment to understand.
• David is a 54 year old departmentSupervisor who is putting in his time before his retirement in 4 months.David is a family man who believes strongly in the beliefs of hischurch and often shares his church doctrine with his employees duringtheir annual evaluations.
• Libby is a 37 year old medical records clerk. She has worked in the department for 17 years. She is deaf.
• Margaretis the department director. She is a 28 year old African Americanfemale. There are only two African Americans in the department. She hasonly been in her role for 6 months.
• Julie is the receptionist.She is 42 years old and has a Master’s Degree with the RHIA credential.She is partially paralyzed and is bound to a wheelchair.

Deliverable #1: In the table below, identify thepotential bias(s) that exist for each employee. Keep in mind someemployees could present multiple potential biases. Include a briefdescription of training that could help target that bias.

Employee Name

Potential Bias/Prejudice

What training could help the department and the employee with cultural awareness

Ex. Name

Religious Bias

Training targeted to create an awareness of various religions.

Ralph

Maggie

Rachel

Jennifer

Hinda

David

Libby

Margaret

Julie