Hi, I am a registered nurse working in Finland over eight years Digital technology affects increasingly globally nursing field. Although digitalization is quite advanced in nursing but many challenges exist. One of the main concerns is that this digitalization has so rapidly grow that most nurses has not kept pace with these changes and all the time there are new things to learn. For example, in Telehealth programme where we keep monitoring the patients and triage monitoring two or three problems in a patient same time has helped so much with less administration in emergency wards. Or something simple like a mobile phone plays big role in our daily job, we consult doctors and specialists and we can increase pain medications in cancer patients or the end-of-life patients. Challenges are that in nursing we need interactions with patient we need empathy but when we have everything digitalized and we monitor them from other room we don’t have much interaction.
General Data Protection Regulation is to protect personal data. Digitalization also brings with it dangers. Personal data in the wrong hands can cause significant destruction. I work with patient data and personal data. Our workplace has very precise data protection and information security rules that every employee must follow. Luckily in Finland these GDPR regulations are very strict and are very good followed at least in health sect
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https://blogi.savonia.fi/burmanjenna/digi-society/
Hi, Thanks for your interesting blog. It was a nice notice you talked about that how in years after 90s digitalization has progresses so much. Actually, I had same situation I got my first mobile phone when I was 20 but these days kids get theirs when they start school. So, it show’s how fast things has changed in this field. I have been working as a nurse in charge in elderly home for over 8 years. We are using special programs for our job to record patients information and doctor rounds and their diagnosis and medicine lists. Information technology plays a big role into our daily job and life. We collect data’s and learn from them a lot we change the medicines by the data collection or their care plan. Data security rules are very strict and very well controlled.
And also on https://blogi.savonia.fi/pauliinaspage/digi-society/#comment-29
Hi, thanks for your good post. I am also working in health care system, i am an RN and we use daily alot of digitalization in our job but i belive the digoitalization is growing too fast and we nurses need to catch up on it alot. In many cases when new programes coming it is a big challenege to learn again new things. Patient general data protections are very strict and always stressfull .
Chat GPT
I had never heard of chatGPT before. It was a very interesting experience using it. I asked Which private health care is best in Finland?
It answered:
In Finland, several private healthcare providers offer a range of services. Each of these providers has its own strengths, and the “best” choice depends on individual healthcare needs, location, and preferences. It’s advisable to consider factors such as the range of services offered, accessibility, and patient reviews when selecting a healthcare provider. First it answered so general but at the end gave spevcific name, Terveystalo!
I also asked another question from chat GPT , Which coutries elderlies have better social security?
It answered : Countries with strong social security systems for the elderly typically provide robust pensions, healthcare, and other welfare services to ensure financial stability and quality of life. Here are some of the top countries for elderly social security, based on factors like the Global AgeWatch Index, OECD rankings, and overall welfare policies:Scandinavian Countries (e.g., Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland)
Finland offers excellent healthcare and a well-integrated social support system.
Features: Universal healthcare, generous pensions, and high-quality eldercare services.
Strengths:
Sweden and Norway rank among the best for quality of life, healthcare, and social inclusion for the elderly.
In my oppinion chatGPT is a very good search tool that gives quiet acurate answeres and very quick. It collects the answers from the data collected on the topic.
Risks of open digital society
The impact of digital technology on our environment and economics and health is incredible and very strong. The data on this topic shows there is an increasing interest in social sustainability. wave of digitization is putting pressure on these public values: privacy, autonomy, security, human dignity, justice, and balance of power. In order to effectively shape the digital society in a socially and ethically responsible way, stakeholders need to have a clear understanding of what such issues might be. Supervision has been developed the most in the areas of privacy and data protection. For other ethical issues concerning digitization such as discrimination, autonomy, human dignity and unequal balance of power, the supervision is not as well organized. ICT services and products are having a radical impact on our society. Mainly because there is no clear understanding of ethical and social issues of the digitalization. Most supervision is developed on privacy and data protection. The new European Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679) building on the principles of the data protection directive (95/46/EC), adds a number of new obligations and responsibilities for data processors, and strengthens individual rights.
Self-evaluation
The videos I watched opened up my mind and eyes much better to the digitalized world. For example, every app I always downloaded or every game I downloaded I never read the consent forms or checked what they are I automatically just ticked everything and allowed all just tio install quicker. I learned a lot about the spy programs and how we get them and how they work and how much destruction they are capable to do. I always saw the bright part of digitalization and never put any attention to the dark part but still I believe if we are careful and aware of how to use digital world the benefits of it is much more than the harms it can make. At work i always put alot of attention when handelling patien’äs information, to handle it secure and reliable as possible. But unfortunately we have some limitaions for it . As an example when discuss a patient’äs care plan on phone with a doctor it is quiet difficult when we are many nurses sitting in the same office! And ofcpourse data protection protocol has brought more work load to us.