Legal issues concerning electronic health information privacy, quality, and liability

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1466-1471

  Hodge, James G ^a   Gostin, Lawrence O ^a   Jacobson, Peter D ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM; ELECTRONICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0032695077     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.15.1466     Document Type: Review

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