title: Data privacy and confidentiality in the public arena.
abstract: Public policy debates concerning the collection of healthcare information for use as aggregate databases to underpin healthcare planning are growing increasingly rankerous. Provider concerns for future patient relationships and public fear of damages resulting from information disclosure are driving the development of data collection policy. Through a special Task Force, the State of Maryland has addressed these issues and developed policy recommendations specific to data collection and use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, Administration, Health Policy and Informatics, University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Mills
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D018907:Privacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States