Curtin, L.L., (2005) Ethics in informatics, the intersection of nursing, ethics, and information technology.
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Ethics in technology and informatics is not different than ethics in healthcare and life. This article explores how to bring healthcare, ethics and computing to intertwine with each other. Ethics is discussed as a choice between right and wrong. Humans since the 1940’s have be learning and changing computer ethics. Computer ethics is defined as a field that studies computers and the code of conduct for computer professional. In healthcare you can not be part of the computer profession due to easy access or sharing of patient information via computers with or without an electronic medical record. Today’s technology and access to computers puts sensitive information in the hands of unprepared individuals. Healthcare, ethics, and informatics and its users must be good ethically, legally, and morally for the greater good of human kind.
Curtin, L.L., (2005) Ethics in informatics, the intersection of nursing, ethics, and information technology. Nursing Administration Quarterly. 29 (4). 349-352.
Ethics in technology and informatics is not different than ethics in healthcare and life. This article explores how to bring healthcare, ethics and computing to intertwine with each other. Ethics is discussed as a choice between right and wrong. Humans since the 1940’s have be learning and changing computer ethics. Computer ethics is defined as a field that studies computers and the code of conduct for computer professional. In healthcare you can not be part of the computer profession due to easy access or sharing of patient information via computers with or without an electronic medical record. Today’s technology and access to computers puts sensitive information in the hands of unprepared individuals. Healthcare, ethics, and informatics and its users must be good ethically, legally, and morally for the greater good of human kind.
Curtin, L.L., (2005) Ethics in informatics, the intersection of nursing, ethics, and information technology. Nursing Administration Quarterly. 29 (4). 349-352.
posted by UTArlington_N5308 at 11:26 AM
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This is a good article. My question would be for the author what determines a good, sound, and ethnical individual? Lots of people know right from wrong. Is it to say that a nurse or doctor who viewed someone's elses record necessarily unethical even if not using the information? Just a thought...
We have a program in my system to help nurses advance with monetary incentive. We have to have extra CEU's every year on top of what is required for our licence and certifications. Part of that CE must be a legal or ethical course. Based on the articles that everyone is posting, maybe this needs to be a requirement for all healthcare professionals....a way to see who is a "good, sound, and ethical individual".
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