Activities of Mireille D'ORNANO related to 2015/2103(INL)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on Civil Law Rules on Robotics
Amendments (11)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas ageing is the result of an increased life expectancy due to progress in modern medicine, and, like the aspiration of growing old in good health, is one of the greatest social and economic challenges of the 21st century for European societies; whereas by 2025 more than 20% of Europeans will be 65 or over, with a particularly rapid increase in numbers of over-80s;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas cyber-physical systems (CPS) are technical systems of network computers, robots and artificial intelligence that interact with the physical world and already have numerous applications in the healthcare sector;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas such systems willare provideing the foundation and the basis of emerging and future smart services, and will bring advances in personalised health care, emergency response and telemedicine;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. acknowledges that the adoption of new technologies in the field of healthcare is likely to bring major benefits in terms of the quality of patient care and effectiveness of treatment, leading to increased quality of life andhealthy life expectancy;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. stresses that although CPS has the potential to enhance the mobility and sociability of people with disabilities and elderly people, human caregivers will still be needed and provide an important source of social interaction for them; notes that CPS technologies or robots can only augcomplement human care and make the rehabilitation process more targeted, so that medical staff and caregivers can allocate more time for diagnosis and better treatment options;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. notes that recent years have seen significant changes in the medical education and training sector; further notes that, as medical care has become increasingly complex, the climate in academic health centres provides an opportunity to rethink the way medical education and lifelong learning isare delivered, while preserving the core competence of doctors to retain their expertise and authority over robots; draws attention to the considerable risk that medical and paramedical professionals who use robots might to some extent be deprived of experience of conventional procedures;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. acknowledges the vulnerability of patients with special needs, including children, the elderly and people suffering from disabilities, who may develop an emotional connection with CPS and robots, and underlines the ethical considerations posed by their possible attachment, which imply an imperative need to maintain sufficient human contact at all times;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. acknowledges the need to minimise the possible environmental or ecological footprint of robotics, as the use of CPS and robots is expected to increase overall energy consumption; emphasises the need to increase energy efficiency by promoting the use of renewable technologies for robotics and to reduce waste; considers that Asimov’s First Law should be broadened to encompass the environment so as to ensure that no robot could injure a human being or damage the environment or, by inaction, allow a human being or the environment to come to harm;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Safety of medical robotic devices is a precondition for their introduction in the healthcare sector. The effectiveness and safety of care and medical robots should be assessed against special safety safeguards and certification procedures, with special attention given to their use by impaired or elderly users or users in emergency situations;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Medical CPS and the use of a robot as an “electronic health record” raise questions concerning laws on patient privacy, medical professional secrecy, and data protection in the area of public health. UnNational and international data protection rules should be adapted to take into account the increasing complexity and interconnectivity of care and medical robots handling highly sensitive personal information and health data. The codes of conduct on medical professional secrecy should be reviewed concerning the health data stored on CPS systems that can be accessed by third parties; The necessary discussions should take place within the World Health Organisation, given the international nature of the issues at stake;