Cheaper and better: The congressional administrative simplification mandate facilitates the transition to electronic medical records

Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 549-586

  Tsai, Veling W ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFIDENTIALITY; COST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; NOTE; PAPER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032429064     PISSN: 01947648     EISSN: 1521057X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01947649809511076     Document Type: Note

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40. Third Year M.D./J.D. student at Southern Illinois University. Address correspondences to Mr. Tsai at Southern Illinois University School of Law, c/o Law Journal Office, Lesar Law Building, Carbondale, Illinois 62901. The author would like to thank his parents for their support, without which none of this would be possible.