Ethical considerations in the use of patient medical records for research

https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v7nS1.15415

Authors

  • Salem Mohammad Raea KSA, National Guard Health Affairs
  • Khaled Minawir Almotairi KSA, National Guard Health Affairs
  • Awadh Mutab Alharbi KSA, National Guard Health Affairs
  • Ghalib Talal Almutairi KSA, National Guard Health Affairs
  • Abdulaziz Mohammed Alhassun KSA, National Guard Health Affairs
  • Khalid Rashad A Binselm KSA, National Guard Health Affairs
  • Reef Ibrahim Mohammed Alruqaie KSA, National Guard Health Affairs
  • Basim Menwer Albalawi KSA, National Guard Health Affairs
  • Abdullah Mohammed Abdullah Alyamani KSA, National Guard Health Affairs
  • Badr Jaza Alamri KSA, National Guard Health Affairs
  • Majed Ayidh Alharbi KSA, National Guard Health Affairs
  • Ahmad Nafal Mohmmed Alsulami KSA, National Guard Health Affairs
  • Mohammed Hassan Albather KSA, National Guard Health Affairs
  • Ibrahim Saleh A Alfawzan KSA, National Guard Health Affairs

Keywords:

Data sharing, communication, patient’s identity, consent, data sovereignty, medical ethics, research compliance

Abstract

Background: The exchange of data allows major advancements in the medical field and contributes to growth in data research in general. However, these practices also raiseethical concerns such as patient’s privacy rights, patients’ self-ownership, and reporting and ownership of data. Aim: The custodianship of data; whether it should be one’s best to share or collaborate depends on the benefits to be accrued from the research, against the rights of the patients. Methods: A literature review of current literature and major ethical codes was also employed to identify the main hurdles to data sharing and cooperation. Results: The study also revealed explicit threats regarding the dangers which privacy and data integrity of patients may face, especially for de-identified data. It also brought into focus issues on consent procedures, conflicts in ownership particularly where collaborations involve several institutions, and procedural lapses on the part and parity of ensuring compliance to ethics and the law. Conclusion: Ethical issues arising from data-sharing and collaboration call for still stronger measures for protective governance as well as equitable share and open policies for patients’ protection as research is enhanced.

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Published

15-01-2023

How to Cite

Raea, S. M., Almotairi, K. M., Alharbi, A. M., Almutairi, G. T., Alhassun, A. M., Binselm, K. R. A., Alruqaie, R. I. M., Albalawi, B. M., Alyamani, A. M. A., Alamri, B. J., Alharbi, M. A., Alsulami, A. N. M., Albather, M. H., & Alfawzan, I. S. A. (2023). Ethical considerations in the use of patient medical records for research. International Journal of Health Sciences, 7(S1), 3829–3841. https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v7nS1.15415

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