Privacy interests in prescription data, part 2: Patient privacy

IEEE Security and Privacy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-78

  Emam, Khaled El ^a   Kosseim, Patricia ^b  

^a Children's Hospital   (Canada)

^b Genome Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Privacy interests; Privacy law; Re identifiability

Indexed keywords

DATA BROKERS; DE IDENTIFICATIONS; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACTS; HEALTHCARE; PERSONAL INFORMATIONS; PRIVACY CONCERNS; PRIVACY INTERESTS; PRIVACY LAW; PRIVACY RISKS; PRIVACY RULES; RE-IDENTIFIABILITY; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS;

HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH RISKS;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 65249152887     PISSN: 15407993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2009.47     Document Type: Article

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