Privacy Questions from Practicing School Nurses

Journal of School Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 296-301

  Pohlman, Katherine ^b   Schwab, Nadine ^b   Bergren, Martha Dewey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

confidentiality; documentation; education records; elementary schools; Family Educational Right to Privacy Act (FERPA); Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); health records; information systems; nursing records; privacy; records; school nursing; secondary schools; security; student records

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; UNITED STATES;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

CONFIDENTIALITY; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; NURSING RECORDS; SCHOOL NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544369227     PISSN: 10598405     EISSN: 15468364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10598405040200050901     Document Type: Note

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