title: Personal health data: patient consent in information age.
abstract: In this paper we report on findings related to treatment of patient consent in various circumstances and geographic domains; explore transfer of health data between custodians and geo-political entities; and emphasize importance of educating general public about issues related to handling health data. A specific set of questions about consent/legislation and related issues in the Canada, the USA and the EU are addressed in an attempt to answer them systematically. This comparison identifies similarities and differences along a set of dimensions.
authors: University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. dragana@uwindsor.ca
authors: Dragana
authors: D
authors: Martinovic
authors: Victor
authors: V
authors: Ralevich
authors: Milan
authors: M
authors: Petkovic
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D002170:Canada; D003201:Computers; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000592:standards*; D005062:European Union; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D018907:Privacy; D014481:United States