Episode 88 - (ETHICS) The Ethics of Telehealth

ABA Inside Track

Robert Parry-Cruwys

Social Sciences, Science, Education

4.7 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2019

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

We all live in an interconnected, WiFi world. So shouldn't our work as behavior analysts be the same? Telehealth provides an exciting means to share our science at a distance; however, if we're not careful, who knows what ethical dilemmas using this technology might lead us into. Have no fear! Your pals at ABA Inside Track hit the books—well, research articles—to figure out some tactics for the ethical BCBA to follow instead.

Articles discussed this episode:

Peterson, S.M., Woodward, J., Crane, J,, & Garner, M. (2009). Teleconsultaiton in school settings: Linking classroom teachers and behavior analysts through web-based technology. Behavior Analysis in Practice,, 2, 32-39. doi: 10.1007/BF03391746

Machalicek, W., Lequia, J., Pinkelman, S., Knowles, C., Raulston, T., Davis, T., & Alresheed, F. (2016). Behavioral teleheatlh consultation with families of children with autism spectrum disorder. Behavioral Interventions, 31, 223-250. doi: 10.1002/bin.1450

Kaplan, B. & Litewka, S. (2008). Ethical challenges of telemedicine and telehealth. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 17, 401-416. doi: 10.1017/S0963180108080535

Hall, J.L. & McGraw, D. (2014). For telehealth to succeed, privacy and security risks must be identified and addressed. Health Affairs, 33, 216-221. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0997

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody.
0:15.5	Welcome to ABA Inside Track, the podcast.
0:18.0	That's like reading in your car, but safer.
0:20.6	I'm your host robert perry
0:21.7	cruise and with me as always are my fabulous co-hosts hey rob it's diana and it's me your friend
0:28.4	jackie your lovable three friend jacky are you my friend i appreciate how much phone uh time you guys
0:35.7	are doing already you know we did start recording so it's probably time to put the phones down.
0:39.6	It's amazing.
0:40.1	And start our discussion of behavior analysis and behavior analytic research, which is what we're here to do.
0:45.5	I was actually talking to someone else.
0:48.0	Another podcast host, I'll be very offended.
0:50.0	Via telehealth.
0:52.5	I'm just finishing up this one email.
0:55.9	About telehealth?
0:57.7	Hey everybody, in case you didn't know.
0:59.2	Tonight's topic is telehealth.
1:01.5	More specifically, the ethical quandaries that might come up with the increasing use of
1:08.2	telehealth and similar telemedicine systems.
1:11.5	Yeah.
1:12.1	So, Diana, this was a topic that you decided we should do.
1:17.2	And that sounds great to the rest of us.
1:19.6	But why were you so drawn to this idea of telehealth and ethical dilemmas related to
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