Evaluation of the Role of the Informatician after Changes in the Legislative Landscape of Women’s Reproductive Health

Rebecca A. Meehan, Julaine Clunis

2024

Abstract

In the United States, on June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court removed constitutional rights for abortion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, which had been precedent for almost 50 years. Given these legal changes, how do health informaticists continue to use data and information to improve health and healthcare, when that data may, quite plausibly, diminish the quality of care for girls and women. This position paper discusses three strategies for health informaticians to improve health and healthcare in light of these recent legislation changes: 1) education and training of patients and stakeholders on limitations of HIPAA and on the importance of maintaining privacy and personal health information; 2) strengthening the protection of personal health information for women’s reproductive care by re-categorizing it as ‘sensitive’ information, similar to behavioral and mental health data; and 3) clarify medical conditions by evaluating medical vocabularies and coding structures that accurately reflect the clinical realities of reproductive care.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

A. Meehan R. and Clunis J. (2024). Evaluation of the Role of the Informatician after Changes in the Legislative Landscape of Women’s Reproductive Health. In Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-688-0, SciTePress, pages 654-661. DOI: 10.5220/0012434200003657

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf24,
author={Rebecca A. Meehan and Julaine Clunis},
title={Evaluation of the Role of the Informatician after Changes in the Legislative Landscape of Women’s Reproductive Health},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF},
year={2024},
pages={654-661},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012434200003657},
isbn={978-989-758-688-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF
TI - Evaluation of the Role of the Informatician after Changes in the Legislative Landscape of Women’s Reproductive Health
SN - 978-989-758-688-0
AU - A. Meehan R.
AU - Clunis J.
PY - 2024
SP - 654
EP - 661
DO - 10.5220/0012434200003657
PB - SciTePress