TY  - BOOK
AU  - Koontz,Linda D.
TI  - Information privacy in the evolving healthcare environment
T2  - HIMSS book series
SN  - 9781138196124 (hbk.) :
AV  - R859.7.S43 
U1  - 610.285 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Boca Raton
PB  - CRC Press
KW  - Medical informatics
KW  - Security measures
KW  - Medical records
KW  - Access control
KW  - Confidentiality
KW  - Medical Records
KW  - Records
KW  - Security Measures
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Advances in health information technology (health IT) have the potential to improve the quality of healthcare, to increase the availability of health information for treatment, and to implement safeguards that cannot be applied easily or cost-effectively to paper-based health records. However, the digitisation of health information is also raising new privacy risks and concerns. Sensitive health information in digital form is more easily aggregated, used, and shared. In addition, the rising cost of healthcare and the search for efficiency may create incentives to use the information in new ways. Research has consistently shown that while the public sees the potential value of health information exchange and technological advancements, it remains gravely concerned about the privacy of their sensitive health information
ER  -