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== Goals of Informational Security in Health Care==
 
== Goals of Informational Security in Health Care==
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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.  
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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.  
  
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To assist organizations, the goals of informational security in health care should be considered:
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To assist organizations, the goals of informational security in health care should be considered.
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**Ensure the privacy of patients and confidentiality of health care data
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**Ensure the integrity of health care data
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**Ensure the [[privacy]] of patients and confidentiality of health care data
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**Ensure the availability of health data for authorized persons
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**Ensure the [[integrity]] of health care data
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**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]


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

  1. ↑ 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
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