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Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 6:122-133 (1999)
© 1999 American Medical Informatics Association

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Driving Toward Guiding Principles

A Goal for Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security of Health Information

Suzy A. Buckovich, JD, MPH, Helga E. Rippen, MD, PhD, MPH and Michael J. Rozen, MD

Mitretek Systems, McLean, Virginia (SAB, HER); Wellmed, Inc., Portland, Oregon (MJR).

Correspondence and reprints: Suzy A. Buckovich, JD, MPH, Senior Health Analyst, Health Information Technology Institute, Mitretek Systems, 7525 Colshire Drive, McLean, VA 22102; e-mail: <suzyb{at}mitretek.org>.

As health care moves from paper to electronic data collection, providing easier access and dissemination of health information, the development of guiding privacy, confidentiality, and security principles is necessary to help balance the protection of patients' privacy interests against appropriate information access. A comparative review and analysis was done, based on a compilation of privacy, confidentiality, and security principles from many sources. Principles derived from ten identified sources were compared with each of the compiled principles to assess support level, uniformity, and inconsistencies. Of 28 compiled principles, 23 were supported by at least 50 percent of the sources. Technology could address at least 12 of the principles. Notable consistencies among the principles could provide a basis for consensus for further legislative and organizational work. It is imperative that all participants in our health care system work actively toward a viable resolution of this information privacy debate.




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