Guidelines for We Can But Dare We?

Guidelines for We Can But Dare We?

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to investigate Smartphone and Social Media use in healthcare, and to apply professional, ethical, and legal principles to the appropriate use in health care versus personal technology.

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

CO #2: Investigate safeguards and decision-making support tools embedded in patient care technologies and information systems to support a safe practice environment for both patients and healthcare workers. (PO #4)

CO #6: Discuss the principles of data integrity, professional ethics, and legal requirements related to data security, regulatory requirements, confidentiality, and client’s right to privacy. (PO #6)

Points

This assignment is worth a total of 200 points.

 

Background

Healthcare is readily embracing any technology to improve patient outcomes, streamline operations and lower costs, but we must also consider the impact of such technology on privacy and patient care. This technology includes the use of social media applications, such as Facebook, Instagram, MySpace, Twitter and LinkedIn on Smartphones.

In health care today, Smartphones are widely used for communication, efficiency and care. Obviously, a variety of issues (ethical, professional, and legal) from both the personal and hospital perspective must be conside…………………..