Information Quality and Viability in Medicine and Healthcare

This article examines the quality of medical information as one of the fundamental factors influencing the viability of healthcare systems within the framework of Vitology. While contemporary medicine primarily evaluates information according to scientific validity, evidence, accuracy, reliability, and clinical effectiveness, the proposed approach introduces an additional complementary perspective by assessing medical information according to its contribution to the preservation, restoration, adaptation, coordination, and long-term development of viable open systems. Particular attention is devoted to the role of high-quality information in supporting clinical decision-making, preventive medicine, public health, patient safety, healthcare management, and medical artificial intelligence. It is argued that viability may serve as a complementary criterion for evaluating the long-term significance of medical information alongside existing standards of evidence-based medicine. The proposed framework establishes conceptual links between medicine, healthcare, systems science, information science, artificial intelligence, and Computational Vitology, opening new directions for interdisciplinary research on information quality and sustainable healthcare development. Keywords Vitology; medical information; information quality; healthcare; viability; evidence-based medicine; clinical decision-making; public health; patient safety; medical ethics; health information systems; artificial intelligence; systems science; Computational Vitology; sustainable healthcare.