Ethical Issues Arising from Use of ICT Technologies

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ETHICAL ISSUES ARISING FROM USE OF ICT TECHNOLOGIES
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ETHICAL ISSUES ARISING FROM USE OF ICT TECHNOLOGIES
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
2 important ethical issues.................................................................................................................2
Analysis of the ethical issue............................................................................................................2
Evaluate the issue............................................................................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................5

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ETHICAL ISSUES ARISING FROM USE OF ICT TECHNOLOGIES
Introduction
Smart phones are one of the most highly accepted technology that has been benefitting
the processing of regular lifestyle. Convenience that is gained by the users of the smart phones
provide is really high, making these devices highly popular among the nurses and other
personnel in the medicine sector. This report will discuss about the 2 important ethical issues that
are present in the functioning of the smart phone usage by the nurses. Analysis of the ethical
issues will also be considered in this report. This report will also provide a vivid evaluation
regarding the issues that are present.
2 important ethical issues
The 3 important ethical issues that are present in case the nurses use smart phones are as
follows: -
 Privacy of patient information might be at stake
 Sending of PHI (Protected Health Information) might also take place
Analysis of the ethical issue
Privacy of patient information might be at stake
The main ethical issue that lies in usage of smart phone by the nurses for the proposing of
the data management system will be having issue regarding breaching of the data. In case the
data base of the mobile is hacked by the imposters the data that will be stored in the data base
will be accessed by them without authentication and authorization of the user of the smart [1].
This unauthorized access of the data sets that are present in the smart phone will provide the data
that are collected during the treatment process. This will also lead to the fact that patient personal