title: Managed care organizations and confidential patient information: the need for a uniform standard.
abstract: There is a lack of comprehensive implementation of a cognizable national standard regarding use of confidential patient information by managed care organizations. As such, it is difficult for a managed care organization to balance the goal of demonstrating its quality and efficiency with the necessity of maintaining a patient's right to confidentiality of medical records, and in so doing, avoid or at least limit exposure to liability for violating that right.
authors.affiliation: McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Weissburg
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D032982:Contracts; D030881:Disclosure; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States