A technological model to define access to electronic clinical records

Author

Dalley, A. ; Fulcher, John ; Bomba, D. ; Lynch, K. ; Feltham, P.

Author_Institution

Illawarra Div. of Gen. Practice, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Volume

9

Issue

2

fYear

2005

fDate

6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

289

Lastpage

290

Abstract

This communication describes a functioning model that permits access to an electronic health record across a small number of providers resident in an Australian regional setting. Design criteria designated that provider access rights were to be assignable, revokable, transportable, and informable.

Keywords

document handling; health care; medical information systems; Australian regional setting; USB I-key; clinical knowledge architecture; electronic clinical record; health-care document management; healthcare group; knowledge sharing; patient access; security; technological model; unique patient identifier; Australia; Diabetes; Health information management; Industrial training; Knowledge management; Medical services; Permission; Random number generation; Universal Serial Bus; Web server; Clinical knowledge architecture; USB I-key; consent; electronic health record (EHR); health-care document management; knowledge sharing between different healthcare groups; patient access; security; unique patient identifier (UPI); Access to Information; Australia; Computer Simulation; Diabetes Mellitus; Humans; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Patient Identification Systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7771

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TITB.2005.847143

Filename

1435427