The effects of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy rule on influenza research using geographical information systems

Geospatial Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-9

  Tellman, Norisse ^a   Litt, Eric R ^a   Knapp, Caprice ^a,b   Eagan, Aaron ^a   Cheng, Jing ^c   Radonovich Jr , Lewis J ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographical information systems; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); Infectious disease; Infectious disease transmission; Influenza; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649720915     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2010.182     Document Type: Article

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