Abstract The use of medical AI in the healthcare industry has been a topic of much discussion and excitement in recent years. However, there is a growing concern that the hasty adoption of these technologies may be premature, and that the potential risks and drawbacks outweigh the potential benefits. This paper argues that at this stage, it is advisable to avoid using medical AI in healthcare. The paper will begin by elaborating on the current state of medical AI development and the potential benefits of these technologies, such as increased accuracy, efficiency, and personalized care. Subsequently, the paper will delve into the potential risks and drawbacks of medical AI concerning natural rights, encompassing the issue of assigning responsibility …show more content…
These rights stem from the idea that individuals have a natural right to their own bodies and minds, and any violation of these rights amounts to a violation of their fundamental human dignity. In the realm of healthcare, this theory implies that individuals have the right to receive medical treatment that is safe and effective, and any technology or practice that could potentially infringe on this right should be approached with caution. In recent years, the use of medical AI in healthcare has been a subject of great interest. Although medical AI has the potential to improve accuracy, efficiency, and personalized care, there are growing concerns that the potential risks and drawbacks associated with these technologies may outweigh their potential benefits. In accordance with Locke's theory, the use of medical AI could potentially compromise individuals' natural right to safe and effective medical …show more content…
However, this can be challenging in situations where there are multiple parties involved. According to Locke's theory, the party with the most control over the situation and the most ability to prevent harm should be assigned responsibility and liability. This may involve the developers of the technology, who have a responsibility to create safe and effective systems that minimize potential risks and harms. Healthcare providers also have a responsibility to use the AI system with due care and to ensure that patients receive safe and effective treatment. This may involve training and educating healthcare providers to use the AI system effectively and to minimize potential risks and harms. In accordance with John Locke's theory of natural rights, the assignment of responsibility and liability should prioritize the protection of individuals' right to receive safe and effective medical treatment. Nevertheless, the issue of assigning liability in cases of mistakes made by medical AI remains
Regardless of where you live ethical and legal issues can be perceived as dangerous and can cause both the CareMount Medical group and Arcadia HealthCare Solutions additional issues but can also help with patient perception of the group. The perception of the group can be changed with the implementation of the Software as well, with the new software patient care will be improved and the Care Coordination Team will be able to care for the whole patient not just an illness. Ethical Issues The ethical issues that can plague the Arcadia HealthCare Solutions Integration Project include privacy, encryption and trust.
For instance, wrong medication, wrong surgical site, administering contaminated drugs to patient or sexual abuse of a patient within a health care facility. In most instances, these events are preventable but upon their occurrence, they are costly, both financially and reputation-wise to the affected healthcare institutions and the patient. Therefore, never events can be prevented by finding out the source of error or the near misses and developing mechanisms to prevent these events from occurring. Working through the four steps of the data, information, knowledge, wisdom continuum Moen and
During the 1960s patients were often untold they were being used for research. “Like many doctors of this era TeLinde often used patients from the public wards for research without their knowledge.” (Skloot, 2010, p. 29). The doctors believed that since the patients were being treated for free they had the right to use them as subjects in research. However in today’s society while informed consent is a common practice there are still injustices where patient’s samples are being bought and sold without their knowledge.
One legal hurdle is privacy. “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (Penn, 2009, p. 35). The nationalized health systems will expose patients to the risk of lost privacy. Once a nationalized health system fully exists and there one centralized medical record, privacy becomes a major issue partially because of technology.
By design, healthcare is a continuously evolving industry. The rapid changes make it difficult to see when things go wrong. Whether the issues are obvious or complicated, it is easier to address when medical ethics is in place. Medical ethics can be defined as standards of conduct for a healthcare professional to carry out responsibilities with honesty, competence, respects, integrity, and trust. These moral guidelines can be interpreted by the American Medical Association (AMA) through the Principles of Medical Ethics, the Code of Ethics, and the “Declaration of Professional Responsibility: Medicine’s Social Contract with Humanity”.
Ethics of healthcare depends on 4 moral standards and how they are utilised; autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice. Autonomy, which means self-governance, is the rule for regarding the privileges of a person to settle on a choice for them self, and respecting that decision. In healthcare this implies regarding a patient's choice on treatments, regardless of the possibility that it could bring about damage or demise to themselves. Autonomy is about self-rule, control free, without impact or influence from any other person, and is tied in with making an educated and un-forced choice about their care and medicines, based from their qualities and inclinations. Alongside autonomy is the principle of justice, which incorporates reasonableness
As healthcare systems harness the power of AI, ML, and other technologies, it is crucial to strike a balance between innovation and responsible use to ensure that patient privacy and safety are maintained. The rise in population has led to increased healthcare requirements, including diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and management of diseases. Healthcare providers are under immense pressure to provide timely and quality care to a larger number of patients, while also managing limited resources and escalating costs. Digitized healthcare has the
In most, if not all, countries, all adult and mentally-competent patients have the right to make autonomous decisions concerning their medical and health conditions. This right is reserved so long as the patient has the ability or capacity to voluntarily make and comprehend the decision in the presence of full disclosure with regards to the therapy in question. Failure of a healthcare
For example, the hospitals use a program called the R.I.P. This program is set up so the doctors can plug in the patients vital signs and the program will use that information and give the medical providers the chances of survival. I feel that it’s a doctor’s responsibility to help save the person life even if they have 1% chance of living. As a patient, I would not want a computer system make a decision regarding my life. There are also human errors in this system.
Autonomy in medicine is not simply allowing patients to make their own decisions. Physicians have an obligation to create the conditions necessary for autonomous choice in others. For a physician, respect for autonomy includes respecting an individual’s right to
Autonomy: In a healthcare setting, the right of a patient to make informed choices about their body is defined as autonomy. The moral principle of respect for autonomy directs healthcare providers to refrain from preventing patients from making their own decisions unless these choices pose serious risks to the patient or society. This means that an informed and competent patient has the ability to either accept or decline treatments, surgeries and medications. From the information gathered in the assignment case, it can be assumed that Joseph is in a rational state of mind.
Douglas employs notable examples to support his claims and rightfully proves why AI is not as risky as seen by the public. David Parnas’ “The Real Risks of Artificial Intelligence” focuses on the unseen negative aspects of Artificial Intelligence. He argues that AI programs can be untrustworthy and even in some cases, destructive due to the programming approach that programmers take. While Parnas is negative about the concept of Artificial Intelligence, Eldridge see Artificial Intelligence in a brighter light. Both authors present their arguments differently in terms of tone, level of diction, examples and organization.
The practice of health care includes many scenarios that have to do with making adequate decisions when it comes to a patient’s life, and the way they are treated. Having an ethical code in all health care organizations is very important, because it helps health care workers with reaching a suited and ethical decision when it comes to the patient. In health care, patient will always be put first, and their autonomy will always be respected. Nevertheless, when there is a situation where a patient might be in harm, or might be making their condition worse because of the decisions they made. Health care workers will always be there to
The camera in an IPhone can detect faces and recognize them to focus the picture on humans easily. All these technology improvements can all be combined in one agent and result in an improved and great Artificial Intelligent machine. Beyond the influences in our daily life, Artificial Intelligence is playing a major role in science and medicine; it is used to help doctors understand which patient is at more risk and to make surgeries easier and more successful by helping doctors. AI algorithms have been applied to successfully solve Engineering problems, and are being used to help in building machines since they can easily predict an error that humans may not pay attention to. AI can help us achieve specific goals more efficiently by suggesting and giving ideas.
This is done in order to design distinct systems for producing, validating, safeguarding, and integrating all data that is health-related (HealthIT.gov, 2015). The goal for introducing healthcare informatics in hospitals is to improve and maximize the quality of services delivered to patients. It operates in a manner where it consolidates all the resources, techniques, and systems to make optimum use of the wealth of medical know-how, advances in technology, and the available drugs breakthroughs. It is applied broadly in many health-related areas like in the field of dentistry, public health, nursing, and pharmacy as well as medical research clinical care. Health informatics involves the application dedicated software, hardware gadgets and computer networks with the potential to collect, evaluate, and transfer medical information.