Health Information Technology – Frost Institute for Data Science & Computing

Ethics in Biomedical and Health Informatics: Users, Standards, and…

“More and more the tendency is towards the use of mechanical aids to diagnosis; nevertheless, the five senses of the doctor do still, and must always, play the preponderating part in the examination of the sick patient. Careful observation can never be replaced by the tests of the laboratory. The good physician now or in the future will never be a diagnostic robot.”

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Bioethics and Precision Medicine Focus on Information Technology

Information technology has an increasing, and increasingly important, role in medical practice and research. This includes precision medicine and all its tools and strategies. This chapter begins with a review of the history of the electronic health record, then identifies and discusses the ethical issues and challenges that arise in precision medicine because of the essential role of information technology. Read more “Bioethics and Precision Medicine Focus on Information Technology” →

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Ethics in Biomedical and Health Informatics: Users, Standards, and…

Bioethics and Precision Medicine Focus on Information Technology