Research Essay

Some online health information and services have the potential to mislead, confuse or create unnecessary anxiety and more should be done to help people find trustworthy health websites and use online health services safely and effectively, says a new report on the ethics of ‘personalised healthcare’ (Nuffield Council on Bioethics, 2010). In September 2008, the UK Nuffield Council on Bioethics established a Working Party to consider the ethical issues raised by developments in medical profiling and online medicine that promise more ‘personalised healthcare’. The resulting report, published in October 2010, makes a number of policy and practice recommendations for providers and users of e-health services. This article highlights the recommendations made in three of the report’s e-health case studies: online health information, online personal health records, and telemedicine.

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Social media and online health services: A health empowerment perspective to online health information

Computers in Human Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.032 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 39 ◽

pp. 404-412 ◽

Cited By ~ 41

Author(s):

Rita S. Mano

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Health Services ◽

Health Information ◽

Online Health Information ◽

Health Empowerment

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Ethical and Legal Issues in the Use of Online-Based Health Services (E-Health)

SOEPRA ◽

10.24167/shk.v6i1.2626 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Fitriani Nur Damayanti ◽

Absori Absori ◽

Kelik Wardiono ◽

Sri Rejeki

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Health Information ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Health Workers ◽

Code Of Ethics ◽

Online Communication ◽

Legal Issues ◽

Public Health Issue ◽

The Internet ◽

Ethical And Legal Issues

The internet offers unprecedented power to provide users with health information for patients, health professionals, and professionals. Maintaining the integrity, data systems, and confidentiality of individual health information, quality of content, and consumer protection and the commercial interests of the health industry against unethical practices, are areas of greatest concern in the implementation and use of the Internet. However, there is no national and international legislation for regulating the use of online-based health services. This research is a Literature review that aims to explore ethical and legal issues in the use of online-based health services (E-Health). The review process begins by identifying journal articles that are relevant to the research topic. This study concludes that the use of online-based health services (E-Health) is an important public health issue. E-Health emerged as a tool for developing new diagnostics and therapeutic interventions. Ethical issues related to crossing clinical practice and online communication about health services. This allows discriminatory or unethical behavior and is not following the professional code of ethics. E-Health licensing standards and regulations have not been implemented in many countries. So that health workers are required to code of ethics in the use of online-based health services (E-Health).

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Chronic disease and use of online health information and online health services

Journal of Hospital Administration ◽

10.5430/jha.v5n4p55 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 55

Author(s):

Rita S. Mano

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Health Information ◽

Computer Use ◽

Regression Models ◽

Self Management ◽

Online Health Information ◽

Management Implications ◽

Health Concerns ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Logit Regression

This study examines the factors associated with computer use for the self-management of health among individuals diagnosed with chronic diseases (CD) in Israel. We distinguish between: (1) access to online health information, and (2) use of online health services (OHS). A geographic representative sample comprising 2008 individuals was contacted. 1406 individuals (67.6%) reported using the computer for health concerns. Four conditions – heart, cancer, diabetes and hypertension – were identified (N = 225). Using a series of logit regression models it is shown that CD increases access to online health information (OHI) but its effect of use of OHS is specific to: (1) type of CD, i.e., heart condition, and (2) type of provided service, i.e., medical updates. These results indicate that while computer use increases the odds for higher empowerment this may not necessarily lead to higher use of OHS provided by the healthcare provider among individuals diagnosed with CD decreasing the likelihood for better self-management. Implications for health policy are discussed.

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Rehabilitation in the United Kingdom: Research, Policy, and Practice

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/070674370204700704 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 47 (7) ◽

pp. 628-634 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Frank Holloway ◽

Jerome Carson ◽

Sarah Davis

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Services ◽

Health Services ◽

Government Policy ◽

Research Policy ◽

Psychosocial Interventions ◽

Mental Illnesses ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Care Programme ◽

The Uk

Objective: To review research, policy, and practice in psychiatric rehabilitation in the UK. Method: We undertook a literature review and review of government policy documents. Findings: Most individuals with severe, disabling mental illnesses are cared for by generic community mental health services under the Care Programme Approach (CPA). Current government policy requires the introduction of assertive outreach and early psychosis services and is highly consistent with the adoption of the recovery paradigm within UK mental health services. Research and development activities have demonstrated the success of the UK hospital-closure program and have contributed to the worldwide resurgence of interest in psychosocial interventions in psychosis. Conclusions: A need remains to focus research and practice on those who are most disabled by their illnesses and to improve the skills of the workforce in psychosocial interventions.

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Emerging Ethical Issues in Digital Health Information

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics ◽

10.1017/s0963180114000632 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 311-322 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

ANTHONY E. SOLOMONIDES ◽

TIM KEN MACKEY

Keyword(s):

Health Information ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Digital Health ◽

Well Being ◽

The Internet ◽

Online Health Information ◽

Provenance Information ◽

And Control ◽

Health And Well Being ◽

Health Experts

Abstract:The problems of poor or biased information and of misleading health and well-being advice on the Internet have been extensively documented. The recent decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to authorize a large number of new generic, top-level domains, including some with a clear connection to health or healthcare, presents an opportunity to bring some order to this chaotic situation. In the case of the most general of these domains, “.health,” experts advance a compelling argument in favor of some degree of content oversight and control. On the opposing side, advocates for an unrestricted and open Internet counter that this taken-for-granted principle is too valuable to be compromised, and that, once lost, it may never be recovered. We advance and provide evidence for a proposal to bridge the credibility gap in online health information by providing provenance information for websites in the .health domain.

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