Smart Cards, Smarter Policy Medical Records, Privacy, and Health Care Reform
The Hastings Center ReportPublished 1 November 1993
Sheri A. Alpert
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Because the health care system is to be reformed on a national scale, conforming to a minimum set of standards, it is crucial that patients' right to privacy and the confidentiality of their medical records also be standard across the nation.
Abstract
Current law does not adequately protect patients' privacy or their\nmedical records. Proposals to computerize these records could further erode\nconfidentiality unless new federal laws are enacted.
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Health ProfessionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
PubMedPrescribing privacy: the uncertain role of the physician in the protection of patient privacy.
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Because medical records are now more comprehensive than ever before, they increasingly are being demanded for uses both inside and outside of the medical profession, and the only practical way to develop suitable guidance is through legislation.