The Mobile Technology Era: Potential Benefits and the Challenging Quest to Ensure Patient Privacy and Confidentiality
The Mobile Technology Era: Potential Benefits and the Challenging Quest to Ensure Patient Privacy and Confidentiality. [1].
Introduction
Smartphones and mobile devices have a profound effect on all and have become a part of everyone’s personal and professional lives, including those of doctors. The effect of using these devices on patient confidentiality is assessed
Impact of Mobile Devices
Physicians and surgeons increasingly use smartphones, mobile gadgets especially mobile photography in professional and academic setups to facilitate patient care management, communication with other health care professionals and as a tool to streamline and hasten workflows, potentially reducing costs.
=Concerns
The potentially insecure storage of confidential patient information on mobile devices and electronic transmission of this data over cloud based networks etc are a source of concern and violation of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA.
References
- ↑ Rodriguez-Feliz, Jose R.. The Mobile Technology Era. Plastic and reconstructive surgery (2012 )
