title: Home care nursing informatic guidelines.
abstract: Technology presents benefits and special challenges to home care nurses in their attempt to safeguard patients' rights. This article presents a set of home care informatic standards that can assist nurses in managing patient-sensitive information in computer networks and suggests ways to avoid risks while using informatics.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Trafton
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*; D010344:Patient Advocacy