Perceptions of security, privacy and confidentiality in the context of electronic health: The gap between institutions and patients
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publisher
University of Maribor
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Law
School
School of Business / Centre for Innovative Practice
RAS ID
16755
Abstract
While electronic health records have the potential to vastly improve a patient’s health care, their introduction also raises new and complex issues around security and privacy. There are significant challenges in preserving what patients’ believe to be their privacy and confidentiality, in the context of the accessibility and interoperability of electronic records. Based on a number of expert interviews the paper outlines the institutional measures for security that have been put in place, and highlights the lack of discussion around individual patient privacy requirements. Whilst institutional measures such as legislation, technology and standardised systems have been established, the interpersonal of privacy and confidentiality from the patient’s perspective has yet to be addressed.
Comments
Cripps, H. D., & Standing, C. (2013). Perceptions of security, privacy and confidentiality in the context of electronic health: The gap between institutions and patients. In Proceedings of 26th Bled eConference (pp. 395-408). Bled Slovenia: University of Maribor. Available here