Code of Ethics of medical informatics

What is it about?

Nowadays, using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in health care with the aim of creating tools for diagnosing and treating diseases has proposed a new debate on the code of ethics. The raised ethical issues are beyond privacy and security, and have been the most important sources of debate and ethical questions in these professions. [1] How to use the diagnostic and therapeutic equipment properly, how to use electronic health records and internet-based genetic and health information, how to use expert systems and medical decision support system, data mining, and how to manage the obtained data are among these common questions. [2] Code of ethics in medical informatics determines the competency and proficiency of the profession by focusing on the ethical implications of medical technologies. [3]

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