Digital health technology-specific risks for medical malpractice liability

Autor: Simon P Rowland, J. Edward Fitzgerald, Matthew Lungren, Elizabeth (Hsieh) Lee, Zach Harned, Alison H. McGregor
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: npj Digital Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2398-6352
DOI: 10.1038/s41746-022-00698-3
Popis: Abstract Medical professionals are increasingly required to use digital technologies as part of care delivery and this may represent a risk for medical error and subsequent malpractice liability. For example, if there is a medical error, should the error be attributed to the clinician or the artificial intelligence-based clinical decision-making system? In this article, we identify and discuss digital health technology-specific risks for malpractice liability and offer practical advice for the mitigation of malpractice risk.
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