Use of Communication Technologies in Patient Care

We invite you to join McGill Research Group on Health and Law, the Centre of Genomics and Policy, and the Université de Montréal’s Centre de recherche en droit public in welcoming Professors Lara Khoury and Ma’n Zawati, as well as LLM Candidate Dimitri Patrinos, as they present on the use of communication technologies in patient care in the context of the Les après-midis de la justice conference series.

The event will be held on February 21st 2023, from 12:30 PM to 2PM in Room 202, New Chancellor Day Hall (3660 Peel Street). The event will also be streamed on Zoom.

Une attestation de participation sera remise sur demande aux membres du Barreau du Québec et de la Chambre des notaires. You may find the link to the event here, and the link to sign up to receive an Attestation here.

Abstract

The use of communication technologies to assist in patient care has increased significantly over the last several years. Communication technologies show great potential in facilitating and possible improving communications between healthcare professionals and institutions and patients. This phenomenon can be seen particularly with increased reliance on telemedicine to improve access to care, driven in large part by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Dimitri Patrinos (LL.M. candidate, McGill) will discuss the challenges the use of this remote model of health care delivery raises and the medical liability risks surrounding its implementation and use in clinical care. Professor Ma’n H. Zawati will present on the legal, ethical and policy challenges facing mhealth as well as research crowdsourcing apps in the field of genomics. He will discuss consent, confidentiality, and access to data issues. Finally, Professor Lara Khoury will comment on the use of web-based platforms for the public disclosure by healthcare institutions of quality indicators and their impact on healthcare safety and patient autonomy.