It will never happen to us: The likelihood and impact of privacy breaches on health data in Australia

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 188, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-161

  Williams, Patricia A H ^a   Hossack, Emma ^b,c,d  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Extensia   (Australia)

^c International Association of Privacy Professionals   (Australia)

^d Medical Software Industry Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

access to information; computer security; patient data privacy; privacy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PRIVACY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; SECURITY OF DATA;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; E-HEALTH SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FULL DISCLOSURES; INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES; PATIENT DATA; PRIVACY BREACHES; REFORM COMMISSION;

DATA PRIVACY;

AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PRIVACY; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SECURITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PRIVACY;

EID: 84894283645     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-266-0-155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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