Ethical & Legal Issues of Patient e-Records: A Comparative Study Between Australia & Saudi Arabia.

Introduction

1. History of health e-records (General history) (When and where did they start?).
2. What technology is used (Hardware, software,…etc.).
3. Legal provisions and ethical standards/codes about the use of patient information (UN, WHO, governments…etc.).
4. Laws and ethics in Australia and Saudi Arabia (Any problems happened, and still happening in these two countries).
5. Aim of the study (Example: Given the legal and ethical problems associated with the use of patient e-records in both Australia and Saudi Arabia, this study aims at

critically assessing the relevant laws, and codes of ethics of health professions, in both countries, and provide more advanced alternatives for the benefit of

healthcare professionals and their patients.

Literature Review

1. Give basic information from previous literature on the ethical and legal issues of patient e-records (Start from general information, and end with specific

information about Australia & Saudi Arabia).

Research Methodology

1. Published statistics by the Saudi Ministry of Heath, Australian ministries of heath (Federal or state ministries).

2. Descriptive statistics (Figures, tables..etc.)

Discussion of Results

It should include the arguments

Conclusions

[What are your findings after the discussion]

it should be a summary for the main ideas
It is good to include the importance of writing this paper in a sentence or more.

Introduction

1. History of health e-records (General history) (When and where did they start?).
2. What technology is used (Hardware, software,…etc.).
3. Legal provisions and ethical standards/codes about the use of patient information (UN, WHO, governments…etc.).
4. Laws and ethics in Australia and Saudi Arabia (Any problems happened, and still happening in these two countries).
5. Aim of the study (Example: Given the legal and ethical problems associated with the use of patient e-records in both Australia and Saudi Arabia, this study aims at

critically assessing the relevant laws, and codes of ethics of health professions, in both countries, and provide more advanced alternatives for the benefit of

healthcare professionals and their patients.

Literature Review

1. Give basic information from previous literature on the ethical and legal issues of patient e-records (Start from general information, and end with specific

information about Australia & Saudi Arabia).

Research Methodology

1. Published statistics by the Saudi Ministry of Heath, Australian ministries of heath (Federal or state ministries).

2. Descriptive statistics (Figures, tables..etc.)

Discussion of Results

It should include the arguments

Conclusions

[What are your findings after the discussion]

it should be a summary for the main ideas
It is good to include the importance of writing this paper in a sentence or more.