TY - CHAP
T1 - Ethical and legal considerations in digital healthcare ecosystems
T2 - The Malaysian experience
AU - Wong, Brian Kee Mun
AU - Tan, Mark Kiak Min
AU - Chua, Clarice Sze Wee
AU - Kaur, Munita
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Integrating digital technologies into Malaysia's healthcare systems presents significant ethical and legal challenges. In this chapter, we delve into the intricate dynamics involving ethics, law, and digital healthcare, focusing on the unique considerations, challenges, and strategic approaches relevant to Malaysia's context. Ethical issues include patient privacy and algorithmic transparency, while legal frameworks must ensure regulatory compliance, data protection, liability, and professional standards. Malaysia must address robust data protection, regulatory clarity, stakeholder collaboration, and public trust in digital health services, compounded by disparities in digital literacy and access. Addressing these challenges requires comprehensive regulatory frameworks, ethical guidelines, and professional standards tailored to digital healthcare. Collaboration among policymakers, healthcare providers, technology developers, and legal experts is crucial for ethical and legal compliance, fostering innovation, and improving healthcare delivery. Notable efforts in Malaysia include the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 and various telehealth regulatory guidelines. Navigating Malaysia's digital healthcare landscape necessitates understanding cultural, regulatory, and technological factors to prioritize ethics, legal compliance, and stakeholder engagement, leveraging digital healthcare's transformative potential while protecting patient rights and public trust.
AB - Integrating digital technologies into Malaysia's healthcare systems presents significant ethical and legal challenges. In this chapter, we delve into the intricate dynamics involving ethics, law, and digital healthcare, focusing on the unique considerations, challenges, and strategic approaches relevant to Malaysia's context. Ethical issues include patient privacy and algorithmic transparency, while legal frameworks must ensure regulatory compliance, data protection, liability, and professional standards. Malaysia must address robust data protection, regulatory clarity, stakeholder collaboration, and public trust in digital health services, compounded by disparities in digital literacy and access. Addressing these challenges requires comprehensive regulatory frameworks, ethical guidelines, and professional standards tailored to digital healthcare. Collaboration among policymakers, healthcare providers, technology developers, and legal experts is crucial for ethical and legal compliance, fostering innovation, and improving healthcare delivery. Notable efforts in Malaysia include the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 and various telehealth regulatory guidelines. Navigating Malaysia's digital healthcare landscape necessitates understanding cultural, regulatory, and technological factors to prioritize ethics, legal compliance, and stakeholder engagement, leveraging digital healthcare's transformative potential while protecting patient rights and public trust.
KW - Digital healthcare
KW - Ecosystem
KW - Ethics
KW - Legal
KW - Malaysia
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105013718671
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-443-30168-1.00019-0
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-443-30168-1.00019-0
M3 - Chapter (Book)
AN - SCOPUS:105013718671
SN - 9780443301698
T3 - Information Technologies in Healthcare Industry
SP - 287
EP - 304
BT - Digital Healthcare, Digital Transformation and Citizen Empowerment in Asia-Pacific and Europe for a Healthier Society
A2 - de Pablos, Patricia Ordonez
A2 - Almunawar, Mohammad Nabil
A2 - Anshari, Muhammad
PB - Elsevier
CY - United Kingdom
ER -