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Ethics, Medicine, and Information Technology : Intelligent Machines and the Transformation of Health Care / Kenneth W. Goodman

Author
Goodman, Kenneth W., 1954-
Additional Titles
Ethics, Medicine, & Information Technology
Published
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 187 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Contents
Information technologies and 21st-century clinical practice : ethics and the electronic health record -- Ancient professions and intelligent machines : the ethical challenge of computational decision support -- Health privacy, data protection, and trust -- Professionalism, programming, and pedagogy -- Safety, standards, and interoperability -- The e-health industry : markets, vendors, and regulators -- Digital health : ubiquitous, virtual, remote, robotic -- Biomedical research from genomes to populations : big data and the growth of knowledge.
Summary
Information technology is transforming the practices of medicine, nursing, and biomedical research. Computers can now render diagnoses and prognoses more accurately than humans. The concepts of privacy and confidentiality are evolving as data moves from paper to silicon to clouds. Big data promises financial wealth, as well as riches of information and benefits to science and public health. Online access and mobile apps provide patients with an unprecedented connection to their health and health records. This transformation is as unsettling as it is exhilarating. This unique new book is essential for anyone who uses computers in health care, biomedical research or public health, and cares about the ethical issues that arise in their work. With chapters spanning issues from professionalism and quality to mobile health and bioinformatics, it establishes what will become the 'core curriculum' in ethics and health informatics, a growing field which encourages truly inter- and multidisciplinary inquiry.
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ISBN
9781139600330 (ebook)
9781107624733 (paperback)
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Jan 2016).
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