IT-based collaborative healthcare initiatives: a legal analysis

摘要

Technology offers the potential for collaborative treatment of chronic diseases involvingnclinical partnerships between multiple health care providers based on web-based care plans.nHowever, collaborative regimes may increase the potential for medical negligence suits.nPossible issues include responsibility for ensuring the appropriateness of any care plan, thenaccuracy, security and continued integrity of any information entered in the system andnresponsibilities to follow up patients.