Legal, regulatory, and ethical issues of information systems in nursing
Introduction

Communication and information technologies (ICT) continuous developments that include ambient devices, internet and intelligent computer systems, have resulted in more practical use of these technologies in the fields of medical care provision and practice. This implication has led to new social impacts and concerns in terms of technology in medicine. The identified concerns range from legal, regulatory and ethical issues on technology pervasiveness in the medical practitioners daily lives. With this overview the main purpose of this article is to debate and discus ICT impact on the medicine practice.

Importance of ethical, legal, and regulatory issues and information technology

Relevanceof the legal, ethical, and regulatory issues in relation to information technology can be seen by the way the internet has been implemented to provide medical consultation, medical information and drug prescriptions easily to many clients. In addition, the many medical information sites make it easier for the patients to access their medical records and consult the doctors through the internet, where they can even buy them online.

Other more evident benefits of the e-medicine to the patients include them having more information and better understanding on the possible treatments, illness and drugs. They can also get a second opinion more easily through the internet doctors and through this the dependency on only local doctors is adequately reduced. The patient can get more accurate and fast information on their health through the medical records access.it also helps address the autonomy in the practice by ensuring the patients are well informed(Heckle, 2011).