Ethical Thinking on Hospital Laboratory Information System / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

This paper discussed the existing problems of Information System ( LIS) from six aspects, inclu-ding:the security and the expansion of the function, protection of patients′privacy, the establishment of emergency response mechanisms, authenticity and accuracy of data and the risks for auto-approval rules, etc.The authors also analysed the necessity of its rectification from the perspective of ethics, proposed improvement programme and suggestions: strengthening the safety management systems and data, ensuring special check the confidentiality of the project, protect the patient′s privacy;setting up emergency mechanism;hospital based on the actual workload and resources to determine the LIS function module; regularly checking the test data, to avoid occupational inju-ries;continuously improving the rigour of automatic approval rules.