Maintaining the confidentiality of medical records shared over the internet and the World Wide Web

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 138-141

  Rind, David M ^a   Kohane, Isaac S ^b   Szolovits, Peter ^c   Safran, Charles ^a   Chueh, Henry C ^d   Barnett, G Octo ^d  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORK; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030748330     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-2-199707150-00008     Document Type: Review

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