Information Technology Reference
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Chapter 2
Legal Issues in
E-Healthcare Systems
Jawahitha Sarabdeen
University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE
ABSTRACT
E-healthcare systems through electronic medical records (EMRs), electronic prescribing and decision
support systems endeavour to reduce the cost and errors in healthcare, while facilitating easy access
to it. However the adoption of e-healthcare systems does not seem to be flourishing as expected due
to various barriers. One of such barriers is an inadequate level of legal protection or unawareness of
availability of laws and regulation that addresses the e-healthcare system. The objective of the study of
this chapter was to investigate the present status of law relating to privacy, product liability, jurisdiction
of courts in e-health care disputes and professional negligence. The study recommends that the existing
offline and e-commerce laws should be interpreted to address many e-healthcare concerns even though
specific e-healthcare laws are not enacted by many nations.
INTRODUCTION
medicine and health care created various oppor-
tunities and challenges to the healthcare providers
and the patients. The move towards e-healthcare
in various countries is envisaged to reduce the
cost of provision of healthcare, improve quality
of care and reduce medical errors. In addition,
it gives the public the information they need to
make informed choices about their health and
High technological development in information
and communication technology has enabled the
public to carry out various medical related activi-
ties via Internet. Creation, modelling, management
and sharing of health data and knowledge to sup-
port data analysis and timely decision making in
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