The BBC program Radio 4 broadcast an evening news program three days ago that included a piece on the use of the NHS App. Over 70% of UK adults have registered to use the app.
Interestingly enough, the report commented on the fact that none of the many, many, replies to the BBC survey declared worries about breaches of their health data. They automatically expected and trusted that their data was used ethically (my word) by the health professionals. This expectation and trust had not been affected after 5 years' use of the national app.
Raanan Gillon wrote that medical ethics had four guiding principles:
Beneficence
Non-maleficence
Autonomy
Justice
These principles seemed to have worked well throughout the implementation of the NHS App.
HIFA profile: Richard Fitton is a retired family doctor - GP. Professional interests: Health literacy, patient partnership of trust and implementation of healthcare with professionals, family and public involvement in the prevention of modern lifestyle diseases, patients using access to professional records to overcome confidentiality barriers to care, patients as part of the policing of the use of their patient data Email address: richardpeterfitton7 AT gmail.com