Digital health technology-specific risks for medical malpractice liability
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 artific...
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2022-10-01
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| author | Simon P Rowland J. Edward Fitzgerald Matthew Lungren Elizabeth (Hsieh) Lee Zach Harned Alison H. McGregor |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-7a8b003ce179450287f1d16fccd5db0e2023-12-02T08:07:05ZengNature Portfolionpj Digital Medicine2398-63522022-10-01511610.1038/s41746-022-00698-3Digital health technology-specific risks for medical malpractice liabilitySimon P Rowland0J. Edward Fitzgerald1Matthew Lungren2Elizabeth (Hsieh) Lee3Zach Harned4Alison H. McGregor5Haleon (formerly GSK Consumer Healthcare)KPMG International HealthcareStanford Center for Artificial Intelligence in MedicineGoogle Enterprise Health PrivacyIP and Technology Transactions, Fenwick & WestImperial College LondonAbstract 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-022-00698-3 |
| spellingShingle | Simon P Rowland J. Edward Fitzgerald Matthew Lungren Elizabeth (Hsieh) Lee Zach Harned Alison H. McGregor Digital health technology-specific risks for medical malpractice liability npj Digital Medicine |
| title | Digital health technology-specific risks for medical malpractice liability |
| title_full | Digital health technology-specific risks for medical malpractice liability |
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| title_short | Digital health technology-specific risks for medical malpractice liability |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-022-00698-3 |
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