Phillips Win, Fleming David A
Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, USA.
Mo Med. 2010 Jul-Aug;107(4):234-9.
One might argue that beneficence entails a moral obligation for health care providers and systems to adopt electronic medical records (EMR). But this argument is thwarted because EMR systems are currently not required to meet existing standards of care for health care services. Yet using EMR systems may still be prudent if benefits of adoption significantly outweigh burdens. Future moral questions regarding EMR systems will shift from obligations of adoption to that of proper use.
有人可能会说,行善要求医疗保健提供者和医疗系统采用电子病历(EMR),这是一种道德义务。但这一观点受到了阻碍,因为目前电子病历系统并不需要达到医疗保健服务的现有护理标准。然而,如果采用电子病历系统的好处显著超过负担,那么使用它可能仍然是明智的。未来关于电子病历系统的道德问题将从采用的义务转向合理使用的义务。