Health Information System Ethics in Health Informatics PDF

**Health Information System\ **Final Lecture ETHICS IN HEALTH INFORMATICS Health informatics ethics (HIE) is the application of the principles of ethics to the domain of health informatics. There are three main aspects of health informatics: healthcare, informatics, and software. Information syste...

**Health Information System\ **Final Lecture ETHICS IN HEALTH INFORMATICS Health informatics ethics (HIE) is the application of the principles of ethics to the domain of health informatics. There are three main aspects of health informatics: healthcare, informatics, and software. Information systems are developed in order to assist in the dispensation of healthcare or other supplementary services **GENERAL ETHICS** - Autonomy Autonomy is defined as either allowing individuals to make their own decisions in response to a particular societal context, or as the idea that no one human person does not have the authority nor should have power over another human person. - Beneficence and non-maleficence These two principles are respectively defined as "do good" and "do no harm." In health informatics, beneficence relates most significantly with the use of the stored data in the HER system, and non-maleficence with data protection.  **INFORMATICS ETHICS** Involves the ethical behavior required of anyone handling data and information, as prescribed by the International Medical Informatics Association (2016). It covers seven principles: privacy, openness, security, access, legitimate infringement, least intrusive alternatives, and accountability. Software Ethics Activities should be carried out with the best interest of the society in mind. Developers should be mindful of social impacts of software systems. This includes disclosing any threats or known defects in software. PRIVACY, CONFIDENTIALITY, SECURITY Privacy and confidentiality are often used interchangeably, but they are not synonymous. - Privacy generally applies to individuals and their aversion to eavesdropping, whereas - Confidentiality is more closely related to unintended disclosure of information. Privacy and confidentiality protection also benefits public health. When people are not afraid to disclose personal information, they are more inclined to seek out professional assistance, and it will diminish the risk of increasing untreated illnesses and spreading infectious diseases (Goodman, 2016). **RA 10173 (PHILIPPINE DATA PRIVACY ACT OF 2012)\ **- aims to protect the fundamental human right of privacy of communication while ensuring free flow of information to promote innovation and growth Levels of Security in the Hospital Information System Now that the importance of privacy and confidentiality in relation to security is established, the next focus of the discussion would be on safeguards, or the solutions and tools which may be utilized to implement your security policies. Safeguards can be on an - Administrative (may be implemented by the management as organization-wide policies and procedures) - Physical (mechanisms to protect equipment, systems, and locations), or - Technical Level (automated processes to protect the software and database access and control). A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated