Research Specialist. As in all HIM roles, these professionals are responsible to uphold the AHIMA Code of Ethics. These roles are significant in collecting and reporting research data. This data is often required by the Institutional Review Board (IRB). An IRB is "an advisory board composed of physicians, scientific colleagues, and concerned non-scientists (frequently administrators and private citizens) that have been set up by federal legislation to oversee research on human subjects and ensure the protection of those subjects from research abuses." Now that you have become more familiar with an IRB and the responsibilities of the professional supporting data collection and retrieval for research studies, consider the following scenario: Todd, a HIM Research Data Analyst (RDA), is reviewing an article published in the marketing pamphlet of the hospital where he is employed by the research department. He is extremely interested in reviewing the article in which he was involved with the hospital's IRB for collecting and reporting the data utilized in the research study. Todd has a close, professional relationship with the physician involved in evaluating the data for the study. As a side note, this physician (who is an oncologist) is currently treating Todd's mother. As Todd opens the pamphlet and begins reading the article, he notices that the article contains patient-specific data that he had not supplied to the physician. In addition, he identifies several instances of inaccurate numbers of participants which has skewed the results of the study. Place yourself in the position of this Research Data Analyst. Identify any instances of ethical wrongdoing that may have occurred and provide details of your reaction to any wrongdoing in your initial thread.Consider to whom Todd reports in his job. What would you do if you were in Todd's position? Be sure to use the AHIMA code of ethics to validate any issues you addressed in the discussion forum and cite them (Document from a Website) in the Where Would You Go From Here! Discussion.