Jessica Turner
Administrative Ethics Paper Katherine Rossiter
HCS/335
9/21/2013

One of the current administrative issue that is arising in the newspaper regarding patient privacy is the ability to email your physician. While technology is constantly growing every day to ability to email your physician is more convenient and getting direct results is more convenient then awaiting his phone call but is this always the most ethical decision to make? Hackers breaks into computer systems each and every day even though the fire walls are built to reduce or eliminate occurrences that happen due to the growing technology this isn’t always the best decision. This issue goes hand and hand with the ability to have patient records stored electronically while this is currently present in most hospitals the issue that occur is that anyone have access to the patient records within and outside the hospitals and numerous of other locations. The ability to share patient’s records to other hospitals via online has decreased the patient privacy dramatically. I am going to get into the issue and its impact on the population it affects most. I’m going to get into different viewpoints arguments or facts that are used in the article to support the proposed solution. I’m going to get into some of the ethical and legal issues reported for my administrative issue. I’m also going to explain the managerial responsibilities related to administrative ethical issues. And lastly I am going to identify any propose solutions to this current administrative issue.
The issue of being able to get medical advice from your physician via email has been a growing issue. Some people have said that if you have a great relationship with your physician that the risk of emailing your physician for advice you will be more open to doing that on a day to day basis. Patients already know the risks of