Examples Of Ethical Issues In Health Care
Vulnerability
The uninsured and those who have inadequate health care plans are the most vulnerable in my perspective. Usually, these people are from low-income homes, minorities, elderly, homeless, children, mentally ill, and people with chronic conditions.
Raising awareness of the health effects caused by being part of the vulnerable population is one step closer to policy recommendations. Professional organizations should offer education and provide guidelines and goals for medical care for the vulnerable, who often have conditions that are aggravated by unnecessary insufficient healthcare.
Ethical Concerns
Ethical concerns present a challenge to policy and agendas. To avoid dilemmas, many professional organizations have published guidelines …show more content…
Digital health records have become an infrastructure that has changed the way care is delivered. In addition to complying with HIPPA, medical practices and hospitals have to meet the requirements of federal, state and local laws to keep records private and secure. If a patient feels that their health information has been violated, they can report it to the Department of Health and Human Services. This service will guide them in education about privacy rights, enforcing the laws and help them file a complaint.
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act goal is to have individuals at the center of their care. The vision is a learning health structure where health information is freely available to researchers and public health organizations to aid them in developing and delivering cutting-edge treatments (DeSalvo & Galvez, 2014). Individuals should be aware of how new technology is used to collect data and its effects on data privacy and protection.
Economic Impact of Healthcare …show more content…
Preventing disease through healthy lifestyle choices can lower health-care cost. Health can be restored with the improvements in medical technology and pharmaceutical breakthroughs to cure diseases and cancers. Providing healthcare outside hospitals will allow physicians to focus healthcare delivery to more critical patients. An example is CVS pharmacy buying Aetna insurance to benefit consumers. Improvements in the Electronic Health Records can connect patients with their healthcare team. Innovations can transform the health of Americans while decreasing the cost of healthcare (George,
The uninsured and those who have inadequate health care plans are the most vulnerable in my perspective. Usually, these people are from low-income homes, minorities, elderly, homeless, children, mentally ill, and people with chronic conditions.
Raising awareness of the health effects caused by being part of the vulnerable population is one step closer to policy recommendations. Professional organizations should offer education and provide guidelines and goals for medical care for the vulnerable, who often have conditions that are aggravated by unnecessary insufficient healthcare.
Ethical Concerns
Ethical concerns present a challenge to policy and agendas. To avoid dilemmas, many professional organizations have published guidelines …show more content…
Digital health records have become an infrastructure that has changed the way care is delivered. In addition to complying with HIPPA, medical practices and hospitals have to meet the requirements of federal, state and local laws to keep records private and secure. If a patient feels that their health information has been violated, they can report it to the Department of Health and Human Services. This service will guide them in education about privacy rights, enforcing the laws and help them file a complaint.
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act goal is to have individuals at the center of their care. The vision is a learning health structure where health information is freely available to researchers and public health organizations to aid them in developing and delivering cutting-edge treatments (DeSalvo & Galvez, 2014). Individuals should be aware of how new technology is used to collect data and its effects on data privacy and protection.
Economic Impact of Healthcare …show more content…
Preventing disease through healthy lifestyle choices can lower health-care cost. Health can be restored with the improvements in medical technology and pharmaceutical breakthroughs to cure diseases and cancers. Providing healthcare outside hospitals will allow physicians to focus healthcare delivery to more critical patients. An example is CVS pharmacy buying Aetna insurance to benefit consumers. Improvements in the Electronic Health Records can connect patients with their healthcare team. Innovations can transform the health of Americans while decreasing the cost of healthcare (George,