confidentiality in patient electronic data exchange

Confidentiality and Integrity in Distributed Data Exchange

Confidentiality and Integrity in Distributed Data Exchange

Confidentiality concerns delay UK patient data system.

Data Confidentiality

When releasing data to the public, data disseminators typically are required to protect the confidentiality of survey respondents’ identities and attribute values. Removing direct identifiers such as names and addresses generally is not sufficient to eliminate disclosure risks, so that data must be altered before release to limit the risks of unintended disclosures. When intense data alteration...

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...

Immunization Data Exchange With Electronic Health Records.

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of exchange of immunization information between an immunization information system (IIS) and an electronic health record on up-to-date rates, overimmunization, and immunization record completeness for low-income, urban children and adolescents. METHODS The New York City Department of Health maintains a population-based IIS, the Citywide Immunization Registry (CI...

Litigation and Doctor-Patient Confidentiality.

When a patient sues a healthcare practitioner with regard to their care, the healthcare records are an important part of the evidence used in the case. Litigation is usually heard in open court in the presence of the public and information contained within the records can be aired in that public forum. The issue of patient confidentiality and litigation arose in the case of Kadian v Richards [2...