Ethical and legal issues in the use of clinical decision support systems

J Healthc Inf Manag. 2002 Fall;16(4):34-7.

Abstract

The clinician must be able to make informed decisions on when to seek out, follow, or ignore the clinical decision support system's advice. In addition, knowledge bases must be properly maintained, and vendors should inform the client about how the systems were developed and tested, the source of the rules in the system, expectations of the user, and type of user training required.

MeSH terms

  • Computer User Training / standards
  • Decision Support Systems, Clinical / ethics*
  • Decision Support Systems, Clinical / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Expert Systems
  • Health Services Administration / ethics*
  • Health Services Administration / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Humans
  • Social Responsibility
  • Software / standards
  • United States