Question

"Ethics and Globalization of Health Care, and Electronic Medical Records Versus Personal Health Records" Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, examine the primary reasons why medical tourism is becoming popular among Americans, and determine whether or not the health care industry should encourage this consumer behavior. Give at least two (2) specific examples associated with such patient medical consumerism behaviors.
• Compare and contrast electronic medical records with personal health records. Justify the ethical responsibility of keeping patients’ medical and personal health records confidential. Provide a rationale for your response.

Response: Ramsey

"Ethics and Globalization of Health Care, and Electronic Medical Records Versus Personal Health Records" Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, examine the primary reasons why medical tourism is becoming popular among Americans, and determine whether or not the health care industry should encourage this consumer behavior. Give at least two (2) specific examples associated with such patient medical consumerism behaviors.

Medical tourism refers to traveling to another country for medical care. Medical tourism is becoming popular because some medical procedures are cheaper in other countries. Some patients receive better medical care in another country were the care that they may receive in their country is subpar. Many people come to america to receive medical treatment because they may not have the technological advances or expertise in their country. Some people go overseas to get cosmetic surgeries in other countries because it is more affordable.

https://www.cdc.gov/features/medicaltourism/index….

Medical tourism should be encouraged but with guidelines. Medical healthcare should be global. People can receive good or bad medical care anywhere, whether governent guidelines are involved or not. The medical care or treatment is up to the patient.

• Compare and contrast electronic medical records with personal health records. Justify the ethical responsibility of keeping patients’ medical and personal health records confidential. Provide a rationale for your response.
• The electronic medical records is managed by the health care organzation. The personal health records is managed and controlled by the patient or consumer. There is an ethical responsibility to keep the patients health records confidential through HIPAA(health insurance portability and accountability act). The HIPAA legislation specifies regulations for the privacy of personal health information. Patients information needs to be keep confidential between the doctors, nurses, and patients. The patients health status is personal and private. HIPAA rules limited use and disclosure of personal health information, the information is disclosed on a need to know basis. Patients are required to sign a release form transfer or disclose any health/medical records. This is a good course of action to take because a discussing a patients personal health conditions outside of the medical atmosphere can cause social damage. The patient could become an outcast in society.

Response: Espinosa

Rising health care costs are forcing modern consumers to search for different ways to reduce expenses. In recent years medical tourism has people living one country to seek medical, dental and surgical care. One example is that in United States the cost of dentist procedures is its extremely expensive while in my country the Dominican Republic the cost of dental care is less than 20 percent of a dollar. Many people from United States travel to other country to have surgery and other procedure due o the high cost of health care in this country. In the mean time people from poor country who has money travel to United States looking for for the best doctors with the believes that the best specialties doctors are from the United States as this country has an advance health care system.

The health care system reform through a market-based approach to medical tourism in the U.S has risen in the past ten years. The country's historic health care crisis involving high health administrative costs, increased medical technology proliferation, and demand for medical services which have raised medical care cost. The author points out that the problem leads most patients to have medical care overseas. An overview on its benefits is also discussed.( : WILLIAMS, HEATHER, T Jan2011)

Many Canadians pursue surgical treatment for severe obesity outside of their province or country – so-called "medical tourism." We have managed many complications related to this evolving phenomenon. The costs associated with this care seem substantial but have not been previously quantified. We surveyed Alberta general surgeons and postoperative medical tourists to estimate costs of treating complications related to medical tourism in bariatric surgery and to understand patients' motivations for pursuing medical tourism. Our analysis suggests more than $560 000 was spent treating 59 bariatric medical tourists by 25 surgeons between 2012 and 2013. Responses from medical tourists suggest that they believe their surgeries were successful despite some having postoperative complications and lacking support from medical or surgical teams. We believe that the financial cost of treating complications related to medical tourism in Alberta is substantial and impacts existing limited resources. (de Gara CJ; Karmali S; Birch DW 2016 Feb)

WILLIAMS, HEATHER T.. North Carolina Law Review , Jan2011, Vol. 89 Issue 2, p607-684, 78p. Publisher: North Carolina Law Review., Database: Complementary Index .

Kim DH; Sheppard CE; de Gara CJ; Karmali S; Birch DW, Canadian Journal Of Surgery. Journal Canadien De Chirurgie [Can J Surg], ISSN: 1488-2310, 2016 Feb; Vol. 59 (1), pp. 59-61; Publisher: Canadian Medical Association; PMID: 26574702, Database: MEDLINE Complete