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This curated page provides access to all medicine/health-related videos, articles and education modules listed on the IEEE TechEthics resource pages. Visit often, as new resources are added regularly.

Videos

Speakers for When Good tech Goes Bad: The Impact of Non-Supported Devices
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When Good Tech Goes Bad: The Impact of Non-Supported Devices

This panel at ISTAS discusses the impacts of medical devices and other technologies that suddenly cease to operate and what can be done to ensure users continue to receive the support they need.
Health and Human Wellbeing Session 3: Engagement Opportunites and Policy Debate Roundtable
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New Technologies, Ethics and Policy Engagement for Sustainable Development | Health & Human Well-Being | Session 3: Engagement Opportunities & Policy Debate Roundtable

This roundtable session provides information on how to get engaged in the UN and its policy debates on technologies for health and human well-being, as well as similar engagement opportunities across various parts of IEEE.
Health and Human Wellbeing Session 2: Ethical, Legal and Policy Considerations
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New Technologies, Ethics and Policy Engagement for Sustainable Development | Health & Human Well-Being | Session 2: Ethical, Legal & Policy Considerations

This session features an expert panel addressing some of the key considerations of new and emerging technologies for health and human well-being, followed by a Q&A session.

Articles/Publications

Article/Publication

New IEEE Standard for Securing Biomedical Devices and Data

To help better secure medical devices, equipment, and systems against cyberattacks, IEEE has partnered with Underwriters Laboratories, which tests and certifies products, to develop IEEE/UL 2933, Standard for Clinical Internet of Things (IoT) Data and Device Interoperability with TIPPSS (Trust, Identity, Privacy, Protection, Safety, and Security).
Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported
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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

More than 350 blind people around the world recently found themselves in a world in which the neural implant technology that transformed their lives was just another obsolete gadget. IEEE Spectrum pieced together their story by interviewing half a dozen patients, a company cofounder, and eight doctors or researchers involved with the company. In their telling, the future of high-tech vision implants seems blurrier than ever.
A family looks at a computer screen together over their kitchen table.
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Generation AI 2020: Health, Wellness and Technology in a Post-COVID World

Generation AI 2020: Health, Wellness and Technology in a Post-COVID World is a global IEEE study that reveals the confidence Millennial parents with Generation Alpha children (under 11-years-old) in the U.S., U.K., India, China and Brazil may have in AI and emerging technologies for the health and wellness of their families.

Education Modules

Three people in business suits talking in a conference room.
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Engineering Ethics: Case Study in Biomedical Research

This course is designed to introduce engineers in the biomedical field to ethical considerations (e.g., use of human subjects in research) related to practice in this field. The author reviews the Biomedical Engineering Society Code of Ethics and discusses a case study involving fabricated data and other ethical transgressions. He focuses on the ethical principles that were violated and offers suggestions on how biomedical engineers can avoid making similar errors.
Three people in business suits talking in a conference room.
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Engineering Ethics: Biomedical Engineering

In this course the author discusses two codes of ethics that biomedical engineers can use as a reference when they confront ethical questions in professional situations. The author also provides a guided review of ethical decision-making using a case study in biomedical engineering. Several suggestions and additional references for improving ethical decision-making are offered.