Ethical issues and the electronic health record

Health Care Manager

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-176

  Layman, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Electronic health record; Ethics; Health informatics; Medical informatics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; UNITED STATES;

CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLICY MAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43449099184     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HCM.0000285044.19666.a8     Document Type: Review

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