title: Private matters, public good.
abstract: Millions of individual outcomes must be analyzed to define the disease management strategies that will make America healthier. How much of our privacy must we surrender in the process?
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ziegler
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D018907:Privacy; D014481:United States