Organizational fault in networked structures
Wienke, A.
Zeitschrift für Arztliche Fortbildung und Qualitatssicherung 95(9): 629-632
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 1431-7621 PMID: 11688226 Document Number: 535484
Medical malpractice may result from a violation of organizational rules, which are supposed to protect the patient. The high requirements of jurisdiction concerning the medical duty of care in organizational sequences lead to increased security and control levels of data transmission within medical networked structures. To achieve an optimized use of telemedical possibilities and to minimize technical error sources, it is necessary to merge the existing communication systems. The store of knowledge that is obtained through telemedicine must not reduce the specialist standard. The telemedical application requires a documented informing and consent of the patient about the extent, the risk and the alternatives of the data transfer.