Why is trust so important in healthcare? A 2006 study (1) stated that “People’s trust in health care and health care professionals is essential for the effectiveness of health care”. Another medical journal article (2) argued “that trust is still essential to health care encounters, Read More …
If you read any of my posts on privacy (which I view as being strongly related to bioethics for the protection of patients’ personal health or medical information) you’ll probably see some strange acronyms. These include ANSI, CIPP and CIPP/C, CRTC, IAPP, ISO, PIPEDA, OPC, Read More …
There’s been an interesting – and somewhat disturbing – development in Canada, for both bioethics and (patient) privacy, due to a recent court case. Although the case was heard in Ontario, not in Canada’s Supreme (i.e. federal) Court, it will likely have an impact throughout Read More …
What’s a post on privacy doing in a bioethics blog? You might be surprised to find out how much – or how little – privacy protection is granted to patients’ health and medical information. In the US, for example: for almost 10 years, your video-rental Read More …
Last week at the office (which is at a hospital), a few of us were talking about the holidays – again! This time we were sharing stories of the holiday activity, or event, that was most special to us. And not a single one of Read More …
Do you keep hearing & reading about “phishing”, and wondering what exactly it means? I’ve been asked about it often over the past few weeks, so decided to write a post on this topic. I’m studying bioethics, or biomedical ethics, and the protection of patients’ Read More …
