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90% of Adults Willing To Share Health Data To Boost Care, Survey Says
Ninety percent of surveyed U.S. adults would share their personal health
information with researchers as long as the data were used to improve
the understanding of diseases and to boost treatment. Meanwhile, the
percentage of individuals who use a mobile phone to access health
information has risen. Clinical Innovation & Technology, MobiHealthNews. 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.