Electronic data protection: Procedures need drastic improvement [1]

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7490, 2005, Pages 537-

  Mole, Damian ^a   Fox, Colin ^a   Napolitano, Giulio ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LAW; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SURGICAL TRAINING;

COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA DISPLAY; HUMANS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 14844302378     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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