Arcadia Healthcare Solutions Integration Project: Ethical And Legal Issues

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Unit 4 Assignment Introduction In a medical practice, ethical and legal issues can arise when any project is implemented. Projects that are to be implemented require the legal team to review prior to being implemented. Ethical and Legal issues that could arise once the Arcadia HealthCare Solutions Integration Project goes live into a production environment include privacy, encryption, as well as trust. The issues can be both ethical and legal. Regardless of where you live ethical and legal issues can be perceived as dangerous and can cause both the CareMount Medical group and Arcadia HealthCare Solutions additional issues but can also help with patient perception of the group. The perception of the group can be changed with the implementation of the Software as well, with the new software patient care will be improved and the Care Coordination Team will be able to care for the whole patient not just an illness. Ethical Issues The ethical issues that can plague the Arcadia HealthCare Solutions Integration Project include privacy, encryption and trust. Privacy is of the utmost importance within a medical practice, ethically a patient’s privacy is very important as a medical record contains information regarding a patient’s health. According to …show more content…

With privacy being of the utmost importance within a medical practice, HIPAA compliance can be a significant legal issue when implementing the AHSI Project into production. HIPAA compliance is a very important legal issue that should be reviewed by the legal team on any project. Encryption is also important as a legal issue, if the software is not encrypted and patient information is not protected, it can be a HIPAA violation as privacy is. Trust as a legal issue involves HIPAA compliance as well as trust in the legal system that CareMount Medical