Reconciliation of the cloud computing model with US federal electronic health record regulations

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-165

  Schweitzer, Eugene J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SECURITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; LAW; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; PRIVACY; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053489634     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000162     Document Type: Article

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