Social, ethical and legal barriers to E-health

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 76, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 480-483

  Anderson, James G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; E health; Electronic health; Electronic health record; Implementation; Information systems; Legal and ethical issues; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH (E-HEALTH); ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE;

TELEMEDICINE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SECURITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION STORAGE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRIVACY; QUALITY CONTROL; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33947623659     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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