• DocumentCode
    1367111
  • Title

    Information and medical ethics: protecting patient privacy

  • Author

    Cushman, Reid

  • Author_Institution
    Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1996
  • Firstpage
    32
  • Lastpage
    39
  • Abstract
    As medical records become electronic, pieces of everyone´s health history will reside in public and private computer repositories. The paper discusses issues of medical ethics, including the protection of patient privacy
  • Keywords
    data privacy; medical information systems; professional aspects; security of data; social aspects of automation; computer repositories; data security; health history; medical ethics; medical information system; medical records; patient privacy; Costs; Ethics; Hospitals; Information technology; Legislation; Medical services; Privacy; Proposals; Protection; Telecommunications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0097
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/44.536299
  • Filename
    536299