Ethical, legal and environmental impacts of digital technology on wider society, including issues of privacy

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A national public health service is planning to transition its patient electronic health records, diagnostic medical imaging databases, and remote triage platforms from regional hospital-owned local servers to a public, multi-tenant cloud-based infrastructure managed by a private multinational technology company.

Discuss the implications of this digital migration. In your response, you should:

  • Explain the technological and financial motivations driving a healthcare organisation to make this transition.
  • Analyse the advantages and disadvantages of this shift for both hospital administrators and patients.
  • Critically evaluate the specific legal, ethical, and environmental issues raised by hosting highly sensitive public health infrastructure on third-party cloud platforms.
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Ethical, legal and environmental impacts of digital technology on wider society, including issues of privacy Questions

  1. GCSE
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