The Newest Frontier: Ethical Landscapes in Electronic Healthcare. An Architecture for Privacy in a Networked Health Information Environment
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Vol. 17 No. 4
August 1, 2008 | Article, Op-Ed, Essay, Letter
Carol Diamond, Melissa Goldstein, David Lansky, Stefaan Verhulst
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
Carol Diamond, Melissa Goldstein, David Lansky, Stefaan Verhulst
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
As we move toward the creation of a networked health information environment, the potential of privacy intrusions increases, with potentially devastating impact on quality and access to healthcare. This paper describes the risks we face and proposes a framework to minimize those risks. In particular, it proposes nine principles to protect privacy in an information age.