Positions
Professor of Business Ethics FOM University of Applied Sciences
Essen, Germany
Spokesman Ethics Ellipse Smart Hospital of the University Medicine
Essen, Germany
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2021 12 Jul
Smart Circulator or Value-Driven Perspective for Patients?
Cardiology is a discipline with many opportunities; however, replacing the physician is ethically impermissible and machines must follow the measure of ethics. Only then can smart cardiology save and improve lives and make an important contribution...
2021 26 Apr
One AI to Rule Them All?!
Ethical consideration of Greatness and Limits of data-driven smart medicine “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race. It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever-increasing...
2020 28 Sep
(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)? COVID-19 ‘Immunity Passports’ through ethical lens
The possibility of introducing the so-called COVID-19 ‘immunity passports’ has been widely discussed in the recent months. It is, however, undermined by the lack of consensus on countless fundamental issues, such as immunity, effectiveness of antibody...
2020 14 Sep
Ethics as Superpower - Primum Non Nocere Against All Pandemic Odds
Use Case COVID-19-ICU Bethany Hospital Germany Medicine is an activity of special dignity at all times. Healthcare professionals are responsible actors and have to consider the business of operating ethics. Weighing up values under considerable time...
2020 03 Aug
Fighting the Supervillain with Everyone’s Superpowers
The new superheroes of today – those on the frontlines of the COVID-19 fight – are widely acclaimed, but not always properly rewarded. While foundational changes of the system are necessary, there is a much simpler way to acknowledge their efforts,...
2018 07 Nov
Data power to the patients!
Patient-driven data business, not data-driven patient business. Data-driven business models make up the medical and healthcare market in large parts, a trend reinforced by further technological developments and regulation. Care must be taken...
2018 23 May
Smart hospital ethics: starting the dialogue
With the advent of smart hospitals, the digital future of clinical medicine calls for a new ethical framework. Fact: whether you like digital medicine or not—it is already here. Also true: facts do not hold normative power—the presence of breathtaking...
2018 25 Jan
Future medicine, today's healthcare
Is the “Smart Hospital” a chance for change? Prof. Heinemann explains how futuristic and smart technologies that are used in preventive and diagnostic healthcare, are embedded in a new digital professionalism and quality. Artificial intelligence...