Ethics vs Law
Privacy & Data
Stakeholders
Professional Duties
Why It Matters
100
These are moral principles that guide professional behavior but may not be legally enforced.
What are ethics?
100
This refers to a patient’s right to control access to their personal health information.
What is privacy?
100
This group is most directly affected by health informatics decisions.
Who are patients?
100
A core responsibility of all health informatics professionals.
What is protecting patient data?
100
This is the foundation of the patient-provider relationship.
What is trust?
200
This governs behavior through enforceable rules and penalties.
What is law?
200
Unauthorized access to patient data is commonly referred to as this.
What is a data breach?
200
Doctors, nurses, and clinicians fall into this stakeholder group.
Who are healthcare providers?
200
Failing to follow policies can expose an organization to this.
What is legal risk?
200
Poor informatics decisions can negatively affect this aspect of healthcare.
What is patient safety?
300
True or False: If an action is legal, it is always ethical.
False
300
This ethical concern focuses on ensuring health data is correct and reliable.
What is data integrity?
300
Organizations responsible for implementing EHRs and data policies.
What are healthcare organizations?
300
Health informatics professionals must balance technology with this human-centered focus.
What is patient-centered care?
300
This concept explains why protecting patient data is not only the responsibility of IT, but also clinicians, administrators, and health informatics professionals.
400
Ethics often go ________ what the law requires.
What is beyond
400
Using patient data in a way the patient did not agree to violates this principle.
What is informed consent?
400
A healthcare organization uses patient data for research without clearly informing patients or obtaining permission. This raises concerns about privacy, ethics, and this specific ethical principle.
400
Reporting security or ethical concerns reflects this professional value.
What is accountability?
400
Laws and ethics together aim to prevent this outcome.
What is harm?
500
This concept explains why health professionals are expected to act ethically even when no law is violated.
What is professional responsibility?
500
Loss of patient trust is a major consequence of this type of informatics failure.
What is misuse of health data?
500
This concept reminds us that informatics decisions affect multiple groups, not just one.
What is systems thinking?
500
This idea emphasizes that protecting data is not just IT’s job.
What is shared responsibility?
500
This course focuses on the intersection of law, ethics, and this discipline.
What is health informatics?