title: Ethical and legal issues in the use of clinical decision support systems.
abstract: The clinician must be able to make informed decisions on when to seek out, follow, or ignore the clinical decision support system's advice. In addition, knowledge bases must be properly maintained, and vendors should inform the client about how the systems were developed and tested, the source of the rules in the system, expectations of the user, and type of user training required.
mesh_terms: D003200:Computer User Training / Q000592:standards; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005103:Expert Systems; D006298:Health Services Administration / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012984:Software / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States
keywords: Health Care and Public Health