An ethical analysis of telemedicine: implications for future research
by Cynthia White-Williams; Dawn Oetjen
International Journal of Telemedicine and Clinical Practices (IJTMCP), Vol. 1, No. 1, 2015

Abstract: The challenges in healthcare have led to a system wide exploration of the potential benefits of remote monitoring. To comprehensively evaluate its utility, researchers, decision makers, and healthcare practitioners should assess remote monitoring in light of its ethical ramifications. This manuscript will consider two philosophical perspectives, teleology and deontology. Teleology, as supported by John Stuart Mill's utilitarian position, holds that the morality of a decision is based upon its consequences. In response, philosopher John Rawls offers a deontological framework, which supports remote monitoring if it benefits the most disadvantaged in society. It is through these philosophical frameworks that remote monitoring will be analysed in relation to its ability to affect change in access, quality, and cost of healthcare. Implications for future public health research will also be discussed.

Online publication date: Mon, 18-May-2015

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