Publication details

Rules for Liability and Evidence Blocking Innovative Information Technologies in Healthcare

Authors

KŘEPELKA Filip

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Trends und Communities der Rechtsinformatik / Trends and Communities of Legal Informatics - Tagunsband de 20. International Rechtsinformatik Symposions IRIS 2017
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Law

Citation
Field Law sciences
Keywords Healthcare; Law; Data; Liability; Confidentiality
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Description The paper addresses challenges related to application of new information technologies in healthcare. Medical confidentiality is principle of law and ethics. Nowadays, electronic records are used for internal data management. Nevertheless, paper excerpts are further used for communication with patients and among providers because projects integrating medical records faced opposition due to fears of compromising privacy. Data resulting from examinations boost medical records. However, providers can be reluctant to retain all available data if courts can use them as evidence for malpractice.

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