Claudia Giorgetti, Arianna Giorgetti, Rafael Boscolo-Berto
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Abstract
The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has created novel challenges for the field of medical malpractice. As healthcare professionals increasingly rely on AI in their decision-making processes, traditional medicolegal assessments may struggle to adapt. It is essential to examine AI's role in clinical care - both its current applications and future advancements - to clarify accountability for diagnostic and therapeutic errors. Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs), in particular, unlike other traditional medical technologies, work as co-decision makers alongside physicians. They function through the elaboration of patient information, medical knowledge, learnt patterns, etc., to generate a decision output (e.g., the suggested diagnosis), which should then be evaluated by the physician. In light of the AI Act, CDSSs cannot function fully autonomously, but instead physicians are to be assigned an oversight role. It is questionable, however, whether it would always be appropriate to assign full responsibility, and consequently liability, to the physician. This would be especially true if oversight is limited to reviewing outputs generated by the CDSS in a manner that leaves no real control in the hands of the physician. Future research should aim to define clear liability allocation frameworks and design workflows that ensure effective oversight, thereby preventing unfair liability burdens.
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Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine has been published by the Wroclaw Medical University since 1992. Establishing the medical journal was the idea of Prof. Bogumił Halawa, Chair of the Department of Cardiology, and was fully supported by the Rector of Wroclaw Medical University, Prof. Zbigniew Knapik. Prof. Halawa was also the first editor-in-chief, between 1992-1997. The journal, then entitled "Postępy Medycyny Klinicznej i Doświadczalnej", appeared quarterly.
Prof. Leszek Paradowski was editor-in-chief from 1997-1999. In 1998 he initiated alterations in the profile and cover design of the journal which were accepted by the Editorial Board. The title was changed to Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine. Articles in English were welcomed. A number of outstanding representatives of medical science from Poland and abroad were invited to participate in the newly established International Editorial Staff.
Prof. Antonina Harłozińska-Szmyrka was editor-in-chief in years 2000-2005, in years 2006-2007 once again prof. Leszek Paradowski and prof. Maria Podolak-Dawidziak was editor-in-chief in years 2008-2016. Since 2017 the editor-in chief is prof. Maciej Bagłaj.
Since July 2005, original papers have been published only in English. Case reports are no longer accepted. The manuscripts are reviewed by two independent reviewers and a statistical reviewer, and English texts are proofread by a native speaker.
The journal has been indexed in several databases: Scopus, Ulrich’sTM International Periodicals Directory, Index Copernicus and since 2007 in Thomson Reuters databases: Science Citation Index Expanded i Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition.
In 2010 the journal obtained Impact Factor which is now 1.179 pts. Articles published in the journal are worth 15 points among Polish journals according to the Polish Committee for Scientific Research and 169.43 points according to the Index Copernicus.
Since November 7, 2012, Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine has been indexed and included in National Library of Medicine’s MEDLINE database. English abstracts printed in the journal are included and searchable using PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed.