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The New HIT: Human Health Information Technology
Tiffany I Leung1, Mary K Goldstein2, Mark A Musen3
1Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|January 4, 2018
Summary
Humanism in medicine, defined by respect for patient values, is challenged by health information technology (IT). Preserving humanistic patient-physician relationships requires careful health IT design and implementation.
Area of Science:
- Medical Ethics
- Health Informatics
- Patient-Centered Care
Background:
- Humanism in medicine emphasizes respecting patients' social, psychological, and spiritual values.
- Key aspects include patient respect, personal connection, and addressing emotional responses to illness.
- Rapid advancements in health information technology (IT) pose challenges to maintaining humanistic clinical practice.
Purpose of the Study:
- To discuss the imperative of preserving humanism in medicine.
- To explore the impact of health IT on humanistic clinical practice.
- To advocate for humanism-centered design in health IT systems.
Main Methods:
- This is a vision paper, not an empirical study.
- It involves a discussion and analysis of the intersection between humanism and health IT.
- It synthesizes existing concepts of humanism in medicine with the realities of health IT implementation.
Main Results:
- Health IT can potentially interfere with core humanistic elements of the patient-physician relationship.
- The design and implementation of health IT systems significantly influence the preservation of humanism.
- There is a critical need to integrate humanistic principles into health IT development.
Conclusions:
- Maintaining humanism in medicine is crucial amidst technological advancements.
- Thoughtful design and implementation of health IT are essential to support, not hinder, humanistic care.
- Future health IT systems must prioritize the therapeutic patient-physician relationship and patient values.
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