Health Information Privacy in a Global eHealth World: Ethical and legal arguments for the international certification and accreditation of health information professionals

Highlights • eHealth has resulted in a fundamental change in the ethical standing of health information professionals (HIPs) because they have acquired a fiduciary standing towards patients that they did not have before. • The2003 IMIA Code of Ethics needs to be revised to take accounts of this fact. • Correspondingly, ethical rules for eHealth corporations should be revised to avoid ethical and professional problems for HIPs. • A possible solution in terms of accreditation and certification is outlined.