Difference between revisions of "Privacy, Confidentiality, and Electronic Medical Records"
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− | An electronic medical record ([[EMR]] allows providers and clinicians to access and share a patient's medical health information among authorized individuals. Because there is a risk of a potential breach of privacy and confidentiality, healthcare organizations should establish security measures to protect their data. | + | An electronic medical record ([[EMR]]) allows providers and clinicians to access and share a patient's medical health information among authorized individuals. Because there is a risk of a potential breach of privacy and confidentiality, healthcare organizations should establish security measures to protect their data. |
− | To assist organizations, the goals of informational security in health care should be considered | + | To assist organizations, the goals of informational security in health care should be considered. |
− | **Ensure the privacy of patients and confidentiality of health care data | + | |
− | **Ensure the integrity of health care data | + | **Ensure the [[privacy]] of patients and confidentiality of health care data |
− | **Ensure the availability of health data for authorized persons | + | **Ensure the [[integrity]] of health care data |
+ | **Ensure the [[availability]] of health data for authorized persons | ||
== Security Policy == | == Security Policy == |
Revision as of 18:50, 8 April 2015
This is a review on Barrows, R., & Clayton, P. (1996) article, Privacy, Confidentiality, and Electronic Medical Records. [1]
Contents
Goals of Informational Security in Health Care
An electronic medical record (EMR) allows providers and clinicians to access and share a patient's medical health information among authorized individuals. Because there is a risk of a potential breach of privacy and confidentiality, healthcare organizations should establish security measures to protect their data.
To assist organizations, the goals of informational security in health care should be considered.
- Ensure the privacy of patients and confidentiality of health care data
- Ensure the integrity of health care data
- Ensure the availability of health data for authorized persons
Security Policy
Privacy and Confidentiality in Health Care
Conclusion
Comments
References
- ↑ Privacy, Confidentiality, and Electronic Medical Records Randolph C. Barrows , Paul D. Clayton Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Mar 1996, 3 (2) 139-148; DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1996.96236282 Retrieved from http://jamia.oxfordjournals.org/content/3/2/139