Health and Big Data: An Ethical Framework for Health Information Collection by Corporate Wellness Programs
Health and Big Data: An Ethical Framework for Health Information Collection by Corporate Wellness Programs
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DOI：
10.1177/1073110516667943
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发表时间：
2016-09-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Ford, Joel S.
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作者：
Ajunwa, Ifeoma;Crawford, Kate;Ford, Joel S.
这篇文章详细介绍了复苏的健康计划所雇用的大公司，以降低医疗成本的目的。本文重点讨论了大数据收集实践如何用于健康计划，以及在隐私和就业歧视方面对工人的潜在负面影响。这篇文章提供了一个道德框架，由健康计划供应商采用，以进行健康计划，将实现节省成本的目标，而不会对工人造成不必要的负担。本文还提供了一些创新的健康方法，可以更好地服务于降低医疗成本的目标。
This essay details the resurgence of wellness program as employed by large corporations with the aim of reducing healthcare costs. The essay narrows in on a discussion of how Big Data collection practices are being utilized in wellness programs and the potential negative impact on the worker in regards to privacy and employment discrimination. The essay offers an ethical framework to be adopted by wellness program vendors in order to conduct wellness programs that would achieve cost-saving goals without undue burdens on the worker. The essay also offers some innovative approaches to wellness that may well better serve the goals of healthcare cost reduction.