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Air Force offers pregnancy app, medical app to Tricare members
The
Center of Excellence for Medical Multimedia (CEMM), established by the
Office of the Air Force Surgeon General, released two health apps this
week, which are available for anyone who receive health insurance
benefits from the military.The Department of Veteran Affairs, which has been developing its own suite of apps for
the past few years, has shared information about the app with different
heads of its organization — the Women Veteran Program Managers, Women’s
Health Medical Directors and Maternity Care Coordinators. The VA plans
to encourage its providers to promote the app to members via its
Clinical Practice Guidelines site. Read more
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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.