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MobileHealthNews: The VA’s assistant inspector general for audits and evaluations, states.
Halliday says that the 256-bit hardware encryption resident in Apple
mobile devices “further minimized the risk of unauthorized disclosure of
sensitive data” while federal officials test the Apple technology for
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Ethics and HIT
Challenges...
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
- patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
- transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
- institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
- vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.