Question

IN YOUR OWN WORDS. 100 words for each question. read the article attached and answer.

• Discuss the importance of confidentiality, integrity and availability.
• Discuss some of the pertinent principles in health informatics ethics
• Based on you information provided on confidentiality, integrity, availability, and ethics, discuss what would you do as the resident physician and explain why.

CHAPTER 2 Ethical Decision-Making Guidelines and Tools Jacqueline ). Glover, PhD Scenario 2-A Decision Making for an Adolescent M Learning Objectives After completing this chapter, the reader should be able to Define ethics - Identify the importance of studying ethics for the health information management (HIM) professional Identify ethical concepts, including rele- vant values, principles, virtues, approaches, and theories. Apply a process of ethical decision making to HIM scenarios Introduction Ethics is the formal process of intentionally and critically analyzing, with clarity and consistency the basis for one's moral judgments. It is impor tant for HIM professionals to engage in this process, because they are accountable for their actions as professionals, not just personally as individuals. Echical reasoning is necessary to resolve the potential tensions between personal values and professional values and among pro fessional values. This chapter presents a model for ethical decision making and outlines the cal theories and approaches that can help HIM professionals identify ethical issues, work with other members of the team to identify and ana lyze choices, decide on a course of action, and justify that choice isa 16yearold young man with terminal brain concert A hege of 10 he was diag nosed with acute leukemia. After three years of Intense treatment, MT wos in remission After two years of remission during which he was doing very wel in school and loved playing soccer, MT begon having severe headaches. Unfortunately, his magnetic reso nonce imaging (MRI scon showed a large mass requiring immediate workup. The ti Soe biopsy of the intracranial mass showed uniformly fotol tumor, likely related to his previous leukemia realment No additional evention was recommended by the boom, and they wanted to refer him to hospice M 's parents had heard stories in the media obout unprecedented recov ery of children with forminal diagnoses A national search of experimental proto cols for brain tumors revealed two centers that were considering starting aggressive Surgical approaches to this devastating doonosis, but no active studies were open at this me. Mis parents were thinking about moving him to a different concer Center for another experimental treatment A close friend of theirs had been success fuiy hected there for everyone else said nothing more could be done. continued

Answer 1

According to health care professionals ,confidentiality is keeping trust of a patient that the data shared by him/ her is safe with the health care professional which raise the kept standard of the profession .The confidentiality of a nurse prevent leakage of data into unauthorised peoples access, integrity prevent any alteration and change of patient data by unauthorized people, and availability refers to the access to the systems and resources needed by the authorised patient for his data when and where needed which included as right to patient for information.

Informatic ethics cover 7 principles , as apart of ethical behaviour required when an individual specially a health care professional handle data and information of a patient, they are:

Privacy, openness, security, access, legitimate, infringement, least intrusive alternatives, accountability.

As the resident physician , i am now clear that the patient is aware about his diagnosis from the patient portal, but how far he is aware about his health status is to be cleared by a close discussion with him. As a health professional , i am aware that the patient has the right to information, and right to refuse a treatment ; so as a resident physician i need to bring him back to a positive attitude towards his life by setting up examples of recovery of patient, importance of positive attitude and behaviors for a fast recovery.The patient will be approached tactically , so that as he realised the bitter truth , he need to be helped on how to face it! He has to pulled out of his bad mood by bringing back to topics which he love to hear like soccer game, the soccer players biography etc..

A happy environment and diversional therapy is the best medicine to help MT to overcome the situation.