Patient confidentiality in the research use of clinical medical databases

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 654-658

  Krishna, Rajeev ^a,b   Kelleher, Kelly ^a,b,d   Stahlberg, Eric ^c  

^a THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO SUPERCOMPUTER CENTER   (United States)

^d Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SECURITY; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; REVIEW; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MEDICAL RECORD; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED;

EID: 33947534852     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.090902     Document Type: Review

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