title: Preventing and responding to medical identity theft.
abstract: Medical identity theft is a crime with two victims: patients and providers. It is easy to commit and lucrative because healthcare record keeping and business interactions are complex and mainly electronic. Patients whose identity has been stolen are vulnerable to both medical error and financial loss. Providers may suffer both reputation loss and financial loss. There are steps to help prevent and to respond appropriately to medical identity theft.
authors.affiliation: The Risk Management and Patient Safety Institute.
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amori
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D063866:Medical Identity Theft / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D010361:Patients / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012308:Risk Management / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D035502:Trust