Point and Counterpoint: Patient Control of Access to Data in Their Electronic Health Records

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 38-41

  Caine, Kelly ^a,b,c   Tierney, William M ^c,d  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b Center for Law   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Health Information and Translational Sciences Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIV TEST; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT ACCESS TO RECORDS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84925539098     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-3061-0     Document Type: Article

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