Login or Sign Up
Menu
Ask a New Question

I have a research paper where I need to write a paragraph answering each question. The instructions are to go to the American Medical Assocation's web site at ama-assn and use the search button on the upper right to look for ethical opinions oncomputer confidentiality.

Based upon what you find answer the following eight questions and explain your answers:
1. Should corrections be date and time stamped?
2. When should the patient be advised of the existence of computerized databases containing medical information about the patient?
3. When should the patient be notified of purging of archaic or inaccurate information?
4. When should the computerized medical database be online to the computer terminal?
5. When the computer service bureau destroys or erases records, should the erasure be verified by the bureau to the physician?
6. Should indiviuals and organizations with access to the databases be identified to the patient?
7. Does the AMA ethics opinion mention encryption as a technique for security?
*. What does the ethics opinion say about disclosure by recipients of authorized data to third parties?

Any help please. I am really frustrated and can't find any articles or the right information for any of these questions.

Search results for

#1 = http://search.ama-assn.org/Search/query.html?qc=public+amnews+pubs&qt=Should+corrections+be+date+and+time+stamped

#2 = http://search.ama-assn.org/Search/query.html?charset=iso-8859-1&qc=amnews+public+pubs&qt=patient+be+advised+of+the+existence+of+computerized+database

Etc.

You'll clearly need to do a lot of reading, but some of these seem obvious to me. For example, #3 -- before the purging takes place!! The reasons should be obvious.

EX: When my son was applying for an appointment to a military academy, one of the things we had to do was get copies of all his medical records -- all of them, back to the day he was born, 16 years' worth of medical records. All were available, even though I had to pay for the different medical offices/hospitals to make the copies we needed.

which articles are you clicking on once you get to this site to find the correct information

when the computer service bureau destroys or erases medical records, should the erasure be verified by the bureau to the physician

I think you should have to spend hours researching this project like I did, instead of taking the easy way out. It took me like 30 hours to read, outline, gather info, type, and footnote. I am taking the same class.

typ in your questions and you will find all you need to know. if you look hard enough you will find what you need.instead of asking other people to answer it for you.

yo! dear, this is NOT the way you do the project.. it is just so easy when you read it.. all answers are just found there.. i did it myself without any help.. so can you.. =)

Finding the AMA Opinion E-5.07 and obtaining the answers there is not the problem. The problem is I can't find anywhere else to get additional information. Seems silly to do a research project when the ONLY reference I can find is the actual AMA Opinion E-5.07. My reference page will have only the one item on it and the need for a reference page/research project style seems ridiculous then. I certainly don't want someone else doing the work for me. I have the answers right here. What I want to know is how and where you searched to come up with additional references. I'm running out of patience here and almost ready to submit this assignment as half-assed as it is. Just hate to bring my grade point average down because of something like this.

i really understand how you feel im doing the same project right now i ask help to everybody i know about medical records they say the same thing the AMA guidelines is so well written to rephrase it in your own words, and if you rephrase it sometimes your sentence doesnt come out like it should. i try to put it in my own words come out to have 3 sentence only and the project requires 4 sentence or more. just be patient and keep searching for references if i found anything i will post the link for you. sometimes taking a break away from your desk and refresh your mind really helps.

Gertrude, you stated exactly how I feel about this project also! I have been working on it for about six weeks now because I am having the same problem, and agree that it seems silly that the only reference is the AMA opinion. I have spent many hours on the computer and off looking for additional information and have not found any. It would be nice if some of the people who have found this assignment easy could say where they found their info. I also am not looking for someone to give me the answers, just help with ideas on where to find the information. I have decided to answer each question according to the AMA opinion and the information in the study guide and hope that will be enough. This assignment has been very frustrating!!

I AGREE!!! I am doing this assignment also and I can't find the answers anywhere else but on the AMA website. I only have 3 questions left to answer. This assignment is so aggrivating!!!