Ethical Issues In Health Care

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Great post Brian! The United States moves toward a Nationwide Health Information Network that will allow health care providers to share the patient medical information through electronic medical record whenever and wherever patients present for care. Electronic health records may show beneficence because they are supposed to increase access to health care, improve the quality of care, and decrease health care costs. Although these several benefits of electronic medical record, these benefits may create conflict among several ethical principles (Layman, 2008). *Traditionally, the single paper copy of the medical history has been treated with careful handling and respect for the reliability and confidentiality of the contents. The extensive

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