Data Privacy and Security
Targeting the health sector by malicious actors has the potential to interfere with service delivery and the supply of critical products to those in need, cause reputational and financial damage to health organisations and threaten the delivery of health services and lives of patients (Gutierrez et al., 2017). Malicious actors likely view health sector entities as a lucrative target for ransomware attacks this is because of the sensitive personal and medical data they hold and how crucial this data is to maintaining operations and patient care (Hunt et al., 2018). Additionally, the rapid demand of personal protective equipment, sanitizers and masks also resulted in a spike in scams from companies and individuals purporting to sell these products. Vulnerabilities in remote access solutions industrial control systems and critical devices vulnerabilities have reportedly been found on medical devices from implantable defibrillators to health record connected hospital beds (Gutierrez et al., 2017). Common sources of compromise include hard coded passwords, improper authentication or passwords held in a recoverable area.
Issues Related to Equity
Health providers and consumers access to an engagement with digital health technology is heavily dependent on Internet access on devices that are up to date and secure with the appropriate knowledge and confidence to utilising. This helps to understand information of how consumers are experienced with technology experience disadvantages (Cui, 2017). This can be due to socioeconomic factors or those with a disability cognitive impairment dementia or mental health issues could face access and use of rapidly advancing technology even more challenging to navigate an additional barrier to accessing digital health services. Data privacy protection and security are more important than ever data containing identifiable information about a person must comply with the Commonwealth privacy act 1988 and the Australian privacy principles which applies to all health care providers in the private sector throughout Australia for public health care providers most States and territories have their own equivalent legislation data security and privacy guidelines provided by the National Health and Medical Research Council also ensure appropriate use of health information (Cui, 2017).
Roles and Responsibilities
Issues related to the nurses role in patient education on health records training should cover topics such as security protocols privacy personal health record designer maintenance and the integration of electronic health records (Imran et al., 2019). Nurses should educate patients on appropriate types of data to use in a personal health record and how to navigate forms of information from different sources. Personal health records a powerful tool that can be used to manage one’s health. Electronic health records are linked with documentation burden resulting in clinician burnout. Well clear classifications and validated measures of burnout exist, documentation burden adoption of the electronic health records following the passage of the health information technology (Cui, 2017). Largely still in its infancy the implementation of EHR has also resulted in unintended consequences on clinical practise and healthcare systems including significant increases in clinician documentation time.
Interprofessional Collaboration
Task data is transmitted so that issues can be resolved, communication can take place, and rules can be enforced. The dissemination of this information is helpful to other people (Benetoli et al., 2018). Web applications that promote collaborative content creation, social networking, and the sharing of information among users are regarded as essential resources by health care professionals as a means of boosting patient involvement and patient-centered therapy (Imran et al., 2019).
References
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Gutierrez, M. A., Moreno, R. A., & Rebelo, M. S. (2017). Information and communication technologies and global health challenges. In Global Health Informatics (pp. 50-93). Academic Press. Web.
Hunt, M., Pringle, J., Christen, M., Eckenwiler, L., Schwartz, L., & Davй, A. (2018). Ethics of emergent information and communication technology applications in humanitarian medical assistance. International health, 8(4), 239-245. Web.