Bringing Medical Workers to Disciplinary Responsibility: Current Problems in context of Introduction of Digital Technologies in Medical Activities

Digital technologies have become an integral part of modern life. Digital medical services is one of the forms of activity of almost any medical organization. For this reason, the problems of implementation of the work function of medical personnel are relevant. When a medical worker is performing a medical intervention using digital medical technologies, other criteria for evaluating the proper performance of their work function should be taken into account. The specifics of these criteria have an impact on the establishment of grounds for bringing a medical professional to disciplinary responsibility. The work of medical workers is of special social significance. Nowadays, almost no medical intervention is performed without the use of artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence technologies, robots, applications, bots, etc. They became widespread during the introduction of remote labor formats and lock downs, when various software tools were used for remote provision of medical services.

The labor legislation establishes general grounds for bringing medical workers to disciplinary responsibility, as well as traditional disciplinary measures. We believe that bringing medical workers to disciplinary responsibility has a strongly pronounced specificity. This is especially evident in the context of introduction of digital technologies in medical activities.

Based on the analysis of modern legislation and law enforcement practice, we have identified special grounds for bringing medical workers to disciplinary responsibility, analyzed typical cases of labor discipline violations by medical workers, and developed recommendations on the tactics of conducting a disciplinary internal investigation by an employer (medical organization). The author provides recommendations for fixing certain conditions in the explanatory note of a medical worker.

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