Structural and legal implications of e-health

J Health Law. 2000 Autumn;33(4):605-14.

Abstract

Web and attendant e-Commerce phenomena are irretrievably at odds with the traditional structure and hence legal regulation of health delivery. E-Health delivers healthcare information, diagnosis, treatment, care, and prescribing of drugs in a nonlinear, nonhierarchical manner that encourages patients to "enter" the system at an infinite number of points, thus defying current regulatory constructs. Similarly, e-Commerce fundamentals such as disintermediation and disaggregation result in medical information being delivered through unfamiliar channels, creating immensely difficult questions for health lawyers.

MeSH terms

  • Commerce / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Confidentiality
  • Forecasting
  • Health Care Sector / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Health Care Sector / standards
  • Health Education / standards
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Humans
  • Information Services / standards*
  • Internet / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Internet / standards
  • Liability, Legal
  • Physician-Patient Relations
  • United States