Privacy and Health Information Technology

Privacy and health information technology.

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The impact of information technology on health

Information Technology (IT) is the study of systems especially computers for storing, retrieving, and sending information. It uses any networking and other physical devices, infrastructures to secure and exchange all forms of electronic data. IT is used globally as a major portion of daily life and we use it nearly every day within organizations for many reasons. Our computers, mobile phones an...

Personal Information Privacy and Internet Technology

Personal information privacy is arguably the most important issue facing the growth and prosperity of the Internet, especially of e-commerce. Protecting personal information privacy has ignited a debate that pits privacy advocates against technology growth enthusiasts. This paper explores personal information privacy on the Internet in terms of the technological challenges to personal informati...

Health information privacy.

Privacy, confidentiality and automated health information Privacy, confidentiality and automated health information systems

Professor Vuori's paper, first presented at the fourth Medico-legal Conference in Prague in the spring of this year, deals with the problem of the maintenance of confidentiality in computerized health records. Although more and more information is required, the hardware of the computer systems is so sophisticated that it would be very expensive indeed to 'break in' and stealfrom a modern data b...