Ethical Decision Making - ANSWER -Process that requires striking a balance between
science and morality.
-Making informed choices about ethical dilemmas based on a set of standards differentiating
right from wrong.
American Nurses Association- Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. - AN-
SWER provides specific guidance for ethical decision making and provides a valuable
framework that can be used when working with HIT
Bioethical Standards - ANSWER Autonomy, freedom, veracity, privacy, beneficence,
and fidelity are maximally appropriate to the health care setting.
Autonomy - ANSWER The right to choose for himself or herself; respecting the clients
opinions, perspectives, values and beliefs.
Freedom - ANSWER The ability of an individual to act independently, without coercion
or constraint in ones choice and action
veracity - ANSWER Being completely truthful with patients; a patients right to truth.
privacy - ANSWER The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over
your own personal possessions, and not to be observed without your consent
Beneficence - ANSWER Actions performed that contribute to the welfare of others;
Action of doing good or right by and for the patient.
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, Fidelity - ANSWER Right to what has been promised; keeping to one's promise.
Telehealth - ANSWER Use of electronic information and telecommunications technolo-
gies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related ed-
ucation, public health and health administration. Technologies include videoconferencing,
the internet, store-and-forward imaging, streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless com-
munications.
Telemedicine - ANSWER Remote clinical health services
mHealth (Mobile Health) - ANSWER -The practice of medicine and public health sup-
ported by mobile devices such as mobile phones, tablets, personal digital assistants and the
wireless infrastructure.
-The use of wireless communication to support efficiency in public health and clinical prac-
tice.
Mobile Medical Applications (Apps) - ANSWER -Accessories to a regulated medical de-
vice or are a software that transforms a mobile platform into a regulated medical device.
-Facilitates mHealth
Medical Devices - ANSWER Any equipment, instrument, implant, material, or appa-
ratus used for the diagnosis, treatment, or monitoring of patients.
Rationale APP is NOT Considered Medical Devices - ANSWER Apps that are not in-
tended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation,
treatment, or prevention of disease.
FDA Oversight for Medical Devices - ANSWER -Regulatory body that oversees mobile
apps that are medical devices and whose functionality could pose a risk to a patient's safety
if the mobile app were to not function as intended.
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science and morality.
-Making informed choices about ethical dilemmas based on a set of standards differentiating
right from wrong.
American Nurses Association- Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. - AN-
SWER provides specific guidance for ethical decision making and provides a valuable
framework that can be used when working with HIT
Bioethical Standards - ANSWER Autonomy, freedom, veracity, privacy, beneficence,
and fidelity are maximally appropriate to the health care setting.
Autonomy - ANSWER The right to choose for himself or herself; respecting the clients
opinions, perspectives, values and beliefs.
Freedom - ANSWER The ability of an individual to act independently, without coercion
or constraint in ones choice and action
veracity - ANSWER Being completely truthful with patients; a patients right to truth.
privacy - ANSWER The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over
your own personal possessions, and not to be observed without your consent
Beneficence - ANSWER Actions performed that contribute to the welfare of others;
Action of doing good or right by and for the patient.
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, Fidelity - ANSWER Right to what has been promised; keeping to one's promise.
Telehealth - ANSWER Use of electronic information and telecommunications technolo-
gies to support long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related ed-
ucation, public health and health administration. Technologies include videoconferencing,
the internet, store-and-forward imaging, streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless com-
munications.
Telemedicine - ANSWER Remote clinical health services
mHealth (Mobile Health) - ANSWER -The practice of medicine and public health sup-
ported by mobile devices such as mobile phones, tablets, personal digital assistants and the
wireless infrastructure.
-The use of wireless communication to support efficiency in public health and clinical prac-
tice.
Mobile Medical Applications (Apps) - ANSWER -Accessories to a regulated medical de-
vice or are a software that transforms a mobile platform into a regulated medical device.
-Facilitates mHealth
Medical Devices - ANSWER Any equipment, instrument, implant, material, or appa-
ratus used for the diagnosis, treatment, or monitoring of patients.
Rationale APP is NOT Considered Medical Devices - ANSWER Apps that are not in-
tended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation,
treatment, or prevention of disease.
FDA Oversight for Medical Devices - ANSWER -Regulatory body that oversees mobile
apps that are medical devices and whose functionality could pose a risk to a patient's safety
if the mobile app were to not function as intended.
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