Commentary: quality, costs, privacy and electronic medical data

D W Bates

doi:10.1111/j.1748-720x.1997.tb01886.x

Commentary: quality, costs, privacy and electronic medical data

J Law Med Ethics. 1997 Summer-Fall;25(2-3):111-2, 82. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720x.1997.tb01886.x.

Author

D W Bates¹

Affiliation

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 11066485
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720x.1997.tb01886.x

Abstract

While agreeing that proper confidentiality measures are necessary when handling patient records, author discusses finding a balance between privacy and the benefits of using patient data to improve quality and to control costs.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Computer Security
Confidentiality* / legislation & jurisprudence
Disclosure
Ethical Review
Humans
Information Systems
Medical Records Systems, Computerized* / legislation & jurisprudence
Quality Assurance, Health Care / methods*
United States