First, do no harm: Can privacy and advanced information technology coexist?

The federal government is mandating the enforcement of new patient privacy rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). HIPAA is a broad law that called upon Congress to delineate what rights patients have to control their own medical information, and what pro...

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Published in:EContent 2003-03, Vol.26 (3), p.38-42
Main Author: TRIPPE, Bill
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Clinical information
Confidentiality
Departments
Enforcement
Exact sciences and technology
Federal government
Health care industry
Health insurance
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act 1996-US
Hypertension
Information accessibility
Information and communication sciences
Information and communication technologies
Information dissemination
Information management
Information science. Documentation
Information technology
Medical records
Miscellaneous
Patients
Physicians
Privacy
Privacy issue
Records (Forms)
Right of privacy
Rules
Sciences and techniques of general use
Systems development
Technology application
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