Ethical Considerations Grand Canyon University NRS-437V-O102 1. Explain the ethical implications of a breach of confidentiality. The ethical consequences of a breach of confidentiality can actually have a considerable effect on both the patient and the nurse and create ethical dilemmas. Information disclosure can occasion problems on a legal‚ professional and personal level (Marquis & Huston‚ 2009). In nursing‚ the ethical requirement for confidentiality is very important‚ because of the need
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Statement: The medical records of a patient should not be obtainable by any officials‚ whether authorized or not without the consent of the patient. I. Introduction A. Attention Grabber: B. Background Information 1) Evolution of Hospital Information Systems 2) Overview of privacy risks of H.I.S. 3) Definition of privacy 4) Why privacy of medical records is important C. Controversy 1) Medical records stored in online databases are beneficial to some 2) Medical records stored
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Effect of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act on the Privacy of Electronic Medical Records The past decade has encountered a strong push for medical providers across the United States to adapt to a universal electronic medical record system. Throughout this essay‚ we will discuss the effect of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act on the privacy of patient electronic medical records. This article discusses the failures and successes of HIPAA‚ including the strong
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Ethical and Legal Dilemma in IT Nanette E. Armstrong Capella University TS5536 Ethical and Legal Considerations in Information Technology 17 March 2012 Ethical and Legal Dilemma in IT Based on the definition of cyberethics as given by Tavani‚ “the study of moral‚ legal‚ and social issues involving cybertechnology” (2010‚ pg. 3)‚ law is usually/always a part of cyberethics to one degree or another. Being right or wrong based on society’s value builds the fundamentals of ethics. Moral
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contracts need offer and acceptance in order to create a legal relation. Basically there is a need for a contract to be supported by consideration. In other words‚ in English law of contracts it is required that the parties bring something valuable in exchange for the promise that they have made in that agreement. Therefore a legal consideration converts a social agreement into a legal agreement. According to Lord Pollock’s definition‚ consideration is “An act or forbearance of one party‚ or the promise
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Clinical decision is required when creating orders for tests or prescriptions. Prescription orders may require dose adjustment due to the patient’s diagnosis‚ age‚ weight‚ and other factors. Providers also need to be aware of common or overlapping side effects when prescribing medication. Because doctors are facing multiple prescriptions per day‚ it would be difficult to spend enough time researching information to make sure their patients do not face any medication-related challenges. Instead‚ this
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Medical Record Security By Patricia Diel Instructor Ramona Smerz November 21‚ 2010 Axia Collage University of Phoenix Introduction In my paper‚ I am going to explain technology threats that an organization might face with having medical records put on a database. I am also going to explain the information that will be protected in medical records on the database. I will also go over all the latest security measures available to help keep these databases threat free so the medical records
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Evaluate the ethical considerations and access to information that should be observed by researchers (25) Ethics: Dresser (1998) stated that these are societal norms adopted by a group. It is a conception of conduct that is right or wrong. They deal with the fundamental human relationships and are a universal human trait. Ethical guidelines are necessary to clarify the conditions under which psychological research is acceptable. Researchers must recognize the possibility of such legal action if they
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Electronic Health Records is the technology that I find most beneficial at work. It helps nurses‚ doctors and other healthcare providers to access patient information literally for 24 hours a day‚ seven days a week. EHR allows for a better coordinated care for all patients. The information can be transmitted immediately to other providers. EHR allows nurses and doctors to navigate through patients’ data that is far better than pulling charts on the cabinets and searching through pages of the chart
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The article “Will Electronic Medical Records Improve Health Care?” was written by Larry Greenemeier. This article talks about how Electronic Medical Records are helping the health care system‚ the opportunities and costs‚ the cost of getting it wrong‚ and talks about how private your records really are. Electronic Medical Records affect health care in many ways. According to my research Electronic Medical Records reduce costs and improve patient outcomes. Electronic Medical Records contain a patient’s
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