Protecting patient confidentiality in hospitals

Protecting patient confidentiality in hospitals.

As new methods of electronic data storage and distribution appear in hospitals, new challenges in protecting confidentiality have emerged. At the same time, demands for 'seamless' care and the desire to share information between clinicians are motivating hospitals to relax barriers to the transfer of patient information. Increasing numbers of users at multiple sites compound the difficulty of e...

Protecting patient confidentiality in telephone consultations in general practice.

Patients commonly use the telephone to obtain test results and other medical information from their GPs. This allows patients and their families to be informed quickly and without leaving their home. However, the practical advantages of telephone calls are offset by risks to patient confidentiality. As the boxed case demonstrates, non-authorised persons can take advantage of the medium to acces...

Protecting Confidentiality in Canadian Research Data Centres

Table Servers : Protecting Confidentiality in Tabular

Introduction. Federal statistical agencies must balance concern over confidentiality of data with their obligation to report information to the public [5]. Advances in information technology threaten confidentiality , but also new technologies can protect confidentiality while meeting user needs in innovative ways. Here we describe table servers being developed by the National Institute of Stat...

Protecting the confidentiality of health information.