Examination and diagnosis of electronic patient records and their associated ethics: a scoping literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic patient record (EPR) technology is a key enabler for improvements to healthcare service and management. To ensure these improvements and the means to achieve them are socially and ethically desirable, careful consideration of the ethical implications of EPRs is indicated. The purpose of this scoping review was to map the literature related to the ethics of EPR technology. The literature review was conducted to catalogue the prevalent ethical terms, to describe the associated ethical challenges and opportunities, and to identify the actors involved. By doing so, it aimed to support the future development of ethics guidance in the EPR domain.

Methods

To identify journal articles debating the ethics of EPRs, Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed academic data

SUBMITTER: Jacquemard T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7446190 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature