Privacy as an enabler, not an impediment: building trust into health information exchange.
Building privacy and security protections into health information technology systems will bolster trust in such systems and promote their adoption. The privacy issue, too long seen as a barrier to electronic health information exchange, can be resolved through a comprehensive framework that implements core privacy principles, adopts trusted network design characteristics, and establishes oversight and accountability mechanisms. The public policy challenges of implementing this framework in a complex and evolving environment will require improvements to existing law, new rules for entities outside the traditional health care sector, a more nuanced approach to the role of consent, and stronger enforcement mechanisms.
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Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) in Washington, DC, USA.
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Harris
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Goldman
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D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018907:Privacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States