A Model for Expanded Public Health Reporting in the Context of HIPAA

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 569-574

  Sengupta, Soumitra ^a   Calman, Neil S ^b   Hripcsak, George ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Institute for Urban Family Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DISCLOSURE; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49949090235     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2207     Document Type: Article

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