The Value of Applying Ethical Principles in Telehealth Practices: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the use of technology to deliver health services is increasing rapidly and has further intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic, these initiatives may fail if ethical impacts are not fully identified and acted upon by practitioners. Ignoring the ethical impacts of information and communication technology health service delivery creates an unintended risk for patients and can lead to reduced effectiveness, noncompliance, and harm, undermining the best intentions of governments and clinicians.

Objective

Our aim was to explore how ethical considerations or impacts may be different, greater, or more variable in information and communication technology methods versus face-to-face health care delivery models, and how they may be applied in practice.

Methods

We

SUBMITTER: Keenan AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8044738 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature