On Tech Ethics with CITI Program
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On Tech Ethics with CITI Program
Navigating Telehealth Ethics - On Tech Ethics
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CITI Program
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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Discusses the ethical challenges that telehealth providers must consider, including informed consent, standards and quality of care, professionalism in virtual care, verification and trust, and equity and access.
Our guest today is Kathy Wibberly, who is the Director of the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center, which is one of 14 federally funded telehealth resource centers working to expand access to quality care through telehealth solutions for communities facing the greatest barriers to optimal health outcomes. Kathy also serves as the Director of Research at the University of Virginia’s Center for Telehealth.
Additional resources:
- National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers: https://telehealthresourcecenter.org/
- Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center: https://matrc.org/
- American Telemedicine Association: https://www.americantelemed.org/
- Alliance for Connected Care: https://connectwithcare.org/
- TelehealthVillage @UVA: https://about.citiprogram.org/series/teleheatlhvillage-uva/
- CITI Program’s course catalog: https://about.citiprogram.org/course-catalog
– Episode Introduction and Ethical Context
– Kathy Wibberly’s Background and Entry into Telehealth
– Defining the Ethical Landscape of Telehealth
– Informed Consent in Virtual Care
– Best Practices for Consent, Privacy, and Transparency
– Emerging Technologies and Transparency Expectations
– Maintaining Standards and Quality of Care in Telehealth
– Provider Competency and Appropriate Use of Telehealth
– AI in Telehealth: Opportunities and Cautions
– Professionalism, Boundaries, and Virtual Care Etiquette
– Verification, Trust, and Privacy in Virtual Encounters
– Equity, Access, and the Digital Divide
– Closing Reflections, Credits, and Acknowledgments