Computers and Medicine
-- Electronic Prescriptions
There are many ethical issues dealing with the ACM Code of Ethics with
relation to computers in medicine. One of the main uses for computers
in medicine is Electronic Prescriptions. Electronic prescriptions use
a computer program
that deals with taking information that is input into the program, and
producing an output of a possible medication for the patient.
This website is dedicate to learning more about electronic
prescriptions, as well as discussing the issues that a computer programmer
would have to deal with in adhering to the ACM Code of Ethics while
programming such software.
