Privacy, Confidentiality, HIPAA, and HITECH: Implications for the Health Care Practitioner

Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 747-752

  Murray, Tracey L ^a   Calhoun, Mona ^a   Philipsen, Nayna C ^a  

^a Criminal Justice and Applied Social and Political Sciences Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Electronic health records; HIPAA; HITECH; Privacy; Protected health information

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053512136     PISSN: 15554155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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