The imperative of applying ethical perspectives to biomedical and health informatics

Abstract

In this editorial, I highlight 5 papers with consideration of ethical perspectives. In the first, the authors of an AMIA position paper provide a set of guiding principles related to selection of venues for AMIA conferences and events using an ethical perspective that delineates a set of rights for AMIA members and associated institutional obligations for AMIA.1 Subsequently, I apply a public health ethics framework comprising 7 principles2 to the remaining 4 papers that address critical topics in biomedical and health informatics including bias in models, particularly artificial intelligence (AI) models,3,4 and protection of individual privacy.5,6 The public health ethics principles include well-established bioethical obligations related to non-maleficence (do no harm), beneficence (produce benefit), respect for autonomy (eg, informed consent, privacy), and justice (provide equal opportunity to benefit) as well as 3 additional principles. Population health maximization is the obligation to maximize...

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