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Ethical issues in electronic health records: A general overview

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Jamshed, Nayer, Ozair, FouziaF, Sharma, Amit, Aggarwal, Praveen·2015·Perspectives in Clinical Research

Abstract

Electronic health record (EHR) is increasingly being implemented in many developing countries. It is the need of the hour because it improves the quality of health care and is also cost-effective. Technologies can introduce some hazards hence safety of information in the system is a real challenge. Recent news of security breaches has put a question mark on this system. Despite its increased usefulness, and increasing enthusiasm in its adoption, not much attention is being paid to the ethical issues that might arise. Securing EHR with an encrypted password is a probable option. The purpose of this article is to discuss the various ethical issues arising in the use of the EHRs and their possible solutions.

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  • Developed countries are doing well with patients' data, unlike developing countries that still experience challenges, particularly ethical issues in accessing patients' data.

    “Shuaib et al. specifically reported that developed countries are doing well as far as patients’ data are concerned, unlike their counterparts in developing countries that still experience some challenges,76 particularly with ethical issues in accessing patients’ data.”

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    The Abstract says EHRs are increasingly used in developing countries and that information safety and ethical issues remain challenges. The Introduction and Privacy and Confidentiality section discuss ethical concerns about access to patient data. The paper does not say that developed countries are doing well with patient data or establish the claimed contrast between developed and developing countries. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Jamshed, N., Ozair, F., Sharma, A., & Aggarwal, P.
Affiliations
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences (IN)
  • Jamia Hamdard (IN)
Corresponding author
Jamshed, Nayer
Venue
Perspectives in Clinical Research
Published
2015
Volume
6
Issue
2
Pages
73
ISSN
2229-3485 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1978116440
Cited by
211
References
14
Citations by year
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FWCI
28.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc-sa
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  • Perspectives in Clinical Research (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Thoreau and American Literature
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
Keywords
electronic health records, medical ethics, data security, data privacy, security breaches, encryption, password security, health information technology adoption, developing countries

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