Management of Medico-Legal Risks in Digital Health Era: A Scoping Review

Management of Medico-Legal Risks in Digital Health Era: A Scoping Review

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Artificial intelligence needs big data to develop reliable predictions.Therefore, storing and processing health data is essential for the new diagnostic and decisional technologies but, at the same time, represents a risk for privacy protection.This scoping review is aimed 2014 dodge ram 1500 fender flares at underlying the medico-legal and ethical implications of the main artificial intelligence applications to healthcare, also focusing on the issues of the COVID-19 era.Starting from a summary of the United States (US) and European Union (EU) regulatory frameworks, the current medico-legal and ethical challenges are discussed in general terms before focusing on the specific issues regarding informed consent, medical malpractice/cognitive biases, automation and interconnectedness of medical devices, diagnostic algorithms and telemedicine.We aim at underlying that education bempresas.com of physicians on the management of this (new) kind of clinical risks can enhance compliance with regulations and avoid legal risks for the healthcare professionals and institutions.