Week 8: Course Project – Presentation

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February 22, 2023

Strongest Ethical Values

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  • My strongest ethical values include respect of persons, beneficence, and justice.
  • Respect of persons has two distinct moral requirements:

1.Acknowledging autonomy.

2.Protecting individuals with diminished autonomy

  • Beneficence requires people to be treated with respect and secure their well-being.
  • It has two general rules, including:

1.Do not harm

2.Maximize potential benefits and reduce potential harm

  • Justice requires equal and fair share and treatment

Philosophers with the Greatest Influence

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  • I am intrigued by the works of Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill.
  • These philosophers emphasize humans as rational and autonomous beings.
  • Medical ethics are attributed to them (Cohen-Almagor, 2017).
  • Kant and JS Mill developed the concept of autonomy.
  • Kant’s influenced concepts of dignity, benevolence, and beneficence (Cohen-Almagor, 2017).
  • Mill’s Harm principle is now called nonmaleficence.
  • Aristotle contributed to the concepts of justice and responsibility.
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Respect for Patient Autonomy, Privacy, and Confidentiality and Data Security

  • RPM jeopardizes patient autonomy, privacy, confidentiality and data security.
  • Patients, especially older adults, experience challenges retaining control over access to their personal information and health records (Solimini et al., 2021).
  • RPM risks and benefits are often not shared with patients.
  • Data sharing using digital devices and network increases risk of cyber theft.
  • Older adults have limited knowledge of using digital devices, increasing the risk of data loss (Solimini et al., 2021).

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Equitable Access

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  • RPM is not equally accessible by all populations (Solimini et al., 2021).
  • RPM requires using digital devices and reliable internet.
  • These factors are limited in marginal, remote, and rural areas (Solimini et al., 2021).
  • Low income earners struggle to afford RPM equipment and reliable internet connectivity.
  • RPM access is limited to older adults due to technological illiteracy.
  • Ethnic and racial minorities report limited access to reliable internet connectivity.

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Professional-Patient Relationships

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  • RPM reduces in-person or face-to-face patient visits.
  • Face-to-face patient encounters have more therapeutic value (Mehta, 2018).
  • Face-to-face encounters have been the longstanding promise of provider-patient interactions.
  • The reduced or loss of this physical encounter diminishes the therapeutic value, negatively impacting provider-patient relationships.
  • Currently, RPM is limited to patients with preexisting relationships with a provider.

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Recommendations to Address First Ethical Concern

  • Enhance patient autonomy by:

1.Sharing RPM risk and benefits with patients

2.Enhancing clinical competence in RPM practice

3.Establishing participative decision-making

4.Improving decision-making competence (Mehta, 2018)

  • Develop robust patient privacy and data security plan and protocol, including HIPAA rules.
  • Adopt data encryption and multi-factor authentication (Jalali et al., 2021).
  • Train and educate providers and patients on proper use of RPM systems.
  • Securing wireless networks and messaging systems (Jalali et al., 2021).

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Recommendations to Address Second Ethical Concern

  • Local and federal governments to extend reliable internet connectivity to rural and remote areas.
  • Offer financial aid to struggling populations to help acquire RPM equipment.
  • Increase grants to non-profit organizations helping vulnerable people acquire RPM equipment.
  • Organizations include American Medical Resource Foundation, MedShare, and Project CURE.
  • Increase insurance coverage of RPM services.

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Recommendations to enhance Provider-Patient Relationships

  • Ensure RPM and traditional approaches complement rather than compete.
  • Engage patients to determine which visits are better in-person or remote.
  • Minimize distance between providers and patients (Mehta, 2018).
  • Promote multi-channel communication, including text and instant messages and e-mail.
  • Engage in more information sharing and positive feedback.
  • Promote inclusive decision-making and patient engagement in care coordination.

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Conclusion

  • RPM presents multiple opportunities to improve healthcare delivery (Mantena & Keshavjee, 2021). .
  • However, it poses ethical dilemmas that need addressing.
  • The future of RPM and widespread adoption relies on effective addressing of:

1.RPM threat to patient autonomy, privacy, confidentiality, and data security.

2.RPM’s lack of equitable access.

3.RPM’s erosion of therapeutic provider-patient relationships

  • It will ensure that patients are more comfortable with electronic communication and virtual services.

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References

  • Cohen-Almagor, R. (2017). On the philosophical foundations of medical ethics: Aristotle, Kant, JS Mill and Rawls. Ethics, Medicine and Public Health, 3(4), 436-444. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352552517301706
  • Jalali, M. S., Landman, A., & Gordon, W. J. (2021). Telemedicine, privacy, and information security in the age of COVID-19. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 28(3), 671–672. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaa310
  • Mantena, S., & Keshavjee, S. (2021). Strengthening healthcare delivery with remote patient monitoring in the time of COVID-19. BMJ health & care informatics, 28(1), e100302. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjhci-2020-100302
  • Mehta, S. J. (2018). Telemedicine’s potential ethical pitfalls. AMA Journal of Ethics, 16(12), 1014-1017.
  • Solimini, R., Busardò, F. P., Gibelli, F., Sirignano, A., & Ricci, G. (2021). Ethical and Legal Challenges of Telemedicine in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 57(12), 1314. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57121314
 
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