title: Ethical concerns in the use of electronic medical records.
abstract: The use of electronic medical record systems raises important ethical concerns about patient privacy and confidentiality, medical errors, expectations of structured data entry by clinicians, documentation integrity, and provider-patient interaction. Clinicians and health care organizations need to define best practices and policies in the use of EMR systems to improve quality and maintain clinician efficiency without compromising patient welfare and safety.
authors.affiliation: MU Center for Health Ethic,s Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: Win
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fleming
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000941:ethics; D004282:Documentation; D004989:Ethics; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000941:ethics* / Q000592:standards; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations