Ethical Decision Making - -Process that requires striking a balance between science
and morality.
-Making informed choices about ethical dilemmas based on a set of standards
differentiating right from wrong.
American Nurses Association- Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. -
provides specific guidance for ethical decision making and provides a valuable
framework that can be used when working with HIT
Bioethical Standards - Autonomy, freedom, veracity, privacy, beneficence, and fidelity
are maximally appropriate to the health care setting.
Autonomy - The right to choose for himself or herself; respecting the clients opinions,
perspectives, values and beliefs.
Freedom - The ability of an individual to act independently, without coercion or
constraint in ones choice and action
veracity - Being completely truthful with patients; a patients right to truth.
privacy - The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over your own
personal possessions, and not to be observed without your consent
Beneficence - Actions performed that contribute to the welfare of others; Action of doing
good or right by and for the patient.
Fidelity - Right to what has been promised; keeping to one's promise.
Telehealth - Use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to
support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related
education, public health and health administration. Technologies include
videoconferencing, the internet, store-and-forward imaging, streaming media, and
terrestrial and wireless communications.
Telemedicine - Remote clinical health services
mHealth (Mobile Health) - -The practice of medicine and public health supported by
mobile devices such as mobile phones, tablets, personal digital assistants and the
wireless infrastructure.
-The use of wireless communication to support efficiency in public health and clinical
practice.
, Mobile Medical Applications (Apps) - -Accessories to a regulated medical device or are
a software that transforms a mobile platform into a regulated medical device.
-Facilitates mHealth
Medical Devices - Any equipment, instrument, implant, material, or apparatus used for
the diagnosis, treatment, or monitoring of patients.
Rationale APP is NOT Considered Medical Devices - Apps that are not intended for use
in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or
prevention of disease.
FDA Oversight for Medical Devices - -Regulatory body that oversees mobile apps that
are medical devices and whose functionality could pose a risk to a patient's safety if the
mobile app were to not function as intended.
-Also oversee the cybersecurity management of these devices as well as the hospital
network security.
(POC) Point of Care - Testing and diagnosis at the patient's side and can be conducted
anywhere the patient is, such as the home, physician office, ambulance, or hospital
bedside
Privacy - Practice of maintaining the security and confidentiality of patient records.
Confidentiality - The act of holding information in confidence, not to be released to
unauthorized individuals.
Cybersecurity - -Measures taken to protect a computer or computer system against
unauthorized access or attack.
-FDA is main regulatory agency
Computer-aided Translators - Language translation in which a human translator uses
computer hardware to support and facilitate the translation process.
HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - Enacted in 1996; federal
law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health
information from being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge.
ICD-10 Codes - -Alphanumeric codes used by doctors, health insurance companies,
and public health agencies across the world to represent diagnoses.
-Shorthand for the patient's diagnosis , which are used to provide the payer information
on the necessity of the visit or procedure performed
CPT Codes (current procedural terminology) - official procedural coding rules and
guidelines required when reporting medical services and procedures performed by
physician and non-physician providers
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