Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:The Culture of Health Care
Unit:Ethics and Professionalism
Lecture:Ethical issues in health informatics
Slide content:Ethical Issues in Health Informatics Sources of ethical standards in health informatics Professionalism Representing credentials Privacy, confidentiality, and security Respect for patients and coworkers Responding to unethical practices 4
Slide notes:This lecture discusses ethical issues in health informatics. Just as in the medical field as a whole, health informatics professionals face numerous, and sometimes difficult, ethical issues. After a brief discussion of professionalism, this lecture examines four ethical duties of health informatics professionals: the duty to represent credentials accurately; the duty to protect patient privacy, including the related ideas of confidentiality and security; the duty to respect patients and coworkers; and the duty to respond to unethical practices by others. 4