Ethics Programs

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This paper explains that developing and implementing ethics programs is essential to human resource management in the health care profession. The author contends that they are of the vital importance not only because of ethical medical treatment but also because of the emerging confidentiality issues related to electronic record keeping. The paper relates that, because of computers and the Internet, the private medical records of patients are at risk of unauthorized disclosure so the health care community has an ethical obligation to develop and implement appropriate ethics programs to deal with such risks.

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"Developing and implementing ethics programs is essential to human resource management in the health care profession, not only because of the vital importance of ethical medical treatment, but because of emerging confidentiality issues related to electronic record keeping. Because of computers and the Internet, the private medical records of patients are at risk of unauthorized disclosure, so the health care community has an ethical obligation to develop and implement appropriate ethics programs to deal with such risks. In explaining and discussing new approaches and directions being taken in this area, it must be noted first of all that the emergence of electronic health records systems presents new ethical challenges, for such records are far more vulnerable to unauthorized access by third parties."

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