ReviewGhana medical journal2011
Ethics and electronic health information technology: challenges for evidence-based medicine and the physician-patient relationship.
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- Digital health system integration in Ghana: a scoping review of governance arrangements, interoperability aspirations, and regulatory gaps.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Assessment of bioethics education, ethical awareness, and training needs among physicians in Jordan.Global bioethics = Problemi di bioetica · 2026Article
- An Exploratory Study of the Readiness of Public Healthcare Facilities in Developing Countries to Adopt Health Information Technology (HIT)/e-Health: the Case of Ghana.Journal of healthcare informatics research · 2020Article
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- The Role of Healthcare Robotics in Providing Support to Older Adults: a Socio-ecological Perspective.Current geriatrics reports · 2020Review
- eRegistries: governance for electronic maternal and child health registries.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2016Article
- Ethics and electronic health information technology.Ghana medical journal · 2011Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), and the National Identification Authority (NIA), pose ethical challenges to the physician-patient relationship due to interoperability. This paper explores (1) the national legislation on Electronic Health Information Technology (EHIT), (2) the ethics of information technology and public health and (3) the effect on the Physician-patient relationship.
methodThis study consisted of systematic literature and internet review of the legislation, information technology, the national health insurance program, and the physician-patient relationship.
resultThe result shows that (1) EHIT have eroded a big part of the confidentiality between the physician and patient; (2) The encroachment on privacy is an inevitable outcome of EHIT; (3) Legislation on privacy, the collection, storage and uses of electronic health information is needed and; (4) the nexus between EHIT, NHIS, NHA, Ethics, the physician-patient relationship and privacy.
conclusionThe study highlights the lack of protection for physician-patient relationship as medical practice transitions from the conventional to the modern, information technology driven domain.
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