At the Department of Veterans Affairs, technology director William
Cerniuk said in his role he is responsible for the latest push to give healthcare providers iPads across the VA.
In the last six months, he said, the VA has delivered 12,000 iPads to
clinicians across the agency. The agency also is developing a series of
100 applications to be used on the iPads, which boast remote desktop
capabilities.
"These apps will allow our clinicians to not only
access the patient record in very efficient ways, but do it anywhere at
any time," he said. 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.