scholarly journals Generalization Trend of u-Health Care Service and Direction of Legal System for Personal Health Information Protection

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
강달천
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Personal Health Information ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Information Protection

When personal health data is no longer “personal”

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 326-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Ceccato ◽  
Courtney Price
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Personal Health Information ◽  
Unstructured Data ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Information Protection ◽  
Healthcare Data ◽  
Patient Consent ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Canadian Healthcare

Enacted in 2000, the Canadian Personal Health Information Protection and Electronics Documents Act is an important piece of legislation aimed at safeguarding an individual’s right to control their personal health information. Since this time, the world of data and analytics has shifted in terms of our potential to collect, integrate, and analyze both structured and unstructured data. The implications for these data advancements are endless for our healthcare system; however, challenges influenced by our approach to collecting, accessing, and analyzing data as well as patient consent to share personal health information mean public entities lag behind commercial players in harnessing these potential benefits. While there are examples of data analytics application successes, Canadian healthcare continues to lag behind other countries and commercial sectors. We are at a pivot point for system improvements requiring a collective approach to collection, storage, linkage, and application of personal healthcare data. In the chasm of this rests how we address patient consent. All health leaders can play a central role in advancing our application of data for system improvements. Strategies to support health leaders in achieving this potential are outlined in this article.

scholarly journals Patient portals and personal health information online: perception, access, and use by US adults

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (e1) ◽  
pp. e173-e177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Peacock ◽  
Ashok Reddy ◽  
Suzanne G Leveille ◽  
Jan Walker ◽  
Thomas H Payne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Personal Health Information ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Patient Portals ◽  
The Past ◽  
Patient Race

Background: Access to online patient portals is key to improving care, but we have limited understanding of patient perceptions of online portals and the characteristics of people who use them. Methods: Using a national survey of 3677 respondents, we describe perceptions and utilization of online personal health information (PHI) portals. Results: Most respondents (92%) considered online PHI access important, yet only 34% were offered access to online PHI by a health care provider, and just 28% accessed online PHI in the past year. While there were no differences across race or ethnicity in importance of access, black and Hispanic respondents were significantly less likely to be offered access (P = .006 and <.001, respectively) and less likely to access their online PHI (P = .041 and <.001, respectively) compared to white and non-Hispanic respondents. Conclusion: Health care providers are crucial to the adoption and use of online patient portals and should be encouraged to offer consistent access regardless of patient race and ethnicity.

The HIPAA Privacy Rule: Reviewing the Post-Compliance Impact on Public Health Practice and Research

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (S4) ◽  
pp. 70-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lora Kutkat ◽  
James G. Hodge ◽  
Thomas Jeffry ◽  
Diana M. Bontá
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Personal Health Information ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Health Plans ◽  
Privacy Rule ◽  
Public Health Officials ◽  
Hipaa Privacy Rule

Current economic conditions have coincided with the implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and forced public health officials to consider how to ethically incorporate compliance into their already strained budgets, while maintaining the integrity and intent of the legislation.As of April 14, 2003, the HIPAA Privacy Rule provides a new federal floor of protections for personal health information. The Privacy Rule establishes standards for the protection of health information held by many physicians’ offices, health plans, and health care clearinghouses. The Rule protects personal health information by establishing conditions regulating the use and disclosure of individually identifiable health information by these entities, also referred to as covered entities. The Rule does not prevent the daily operations of health care establishments (i.e., the treatment of patients and the collection of payment).

Health Information for Consumers in Developing Nations

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasumathi Sriganesh
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Information Time ◽  
Structured Approach ◽  
Actual Health

Health information, both professional as well as consumer oriented, is an important component of the health care service. Professionals constantly need information for academics, research, preventive care, treatment and also to stay updated and to create and update health policies. Consumers need health information to stay healthy and to manage diseases and conditions. Generic search engines like Google and Yahoo answers are utilized extensively for getting health information (Akerkar & Bichile, 2004). However while utilizing these engines information seekers most often have to sift through volumes of data that often includes questionable sources of information. Health professionals face lacunae in receiving training about information resources and databases, and structured approach to searching these. Both consumers and health professionals spend far too much time searching for information, time that could be utilized much better in the actual health care delivery process. This article describes a medical librarian’s journey from being a health information consumer to a health information provider both to health professionals and consumers.

Will Privacy Concerns Derail the Electronic Health Record? Balancing the Risks and Benefits

2010 ◽  
pp. 178-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candace J. Gibson ◽  
Kelly J. Abrams
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Electronic Record ◽  
Personal Health Information ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Barriers And Challenges

The introduction of information technologies and the electronic record in health care is thought to be a key means of improving efficiencies and effectiveness of the health care system; ensuring critical information is readily available at the point of care, decreasing unnecessary duplication of tests, increasing patient safety (particularly from adverse drug events), and linking providers and patients spatially and temporally across the continuum of care as health care moves out of the traditional hospital setting to the community and home. There is a steady movement in many countries towards eHealth and a fully implemented, in some cases, pan-regional or pan-national electronic heath record. A number of barriers and challenges exist in EHR implementation. These include lack of resources (both capital and human resources), resistance to change and adoption of new technologies, and lack of standards to ensure interoperability across separate applications and systems. From the public’s perspective, maintaining the security, privacy, and confidentiality of personal health information is a prominent concern and privacy of personal health information still looms as a potential stumbling block for the implementation of a omprehensive, shared electronic record. There are some steps that can be taken to increase the public’s comfort level and to ensure that these new systems are designed and used with security and privacy in mind.

scholarly journals P.105 Smartphone and mobile app use among Canadian Neurosurgery residents and fellows

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (S2) ◽  
pp. S40-S40
Author(s):  
MM Kameda-Smith ◽  
C Iorio-Morin ◽  
SU Ahmed ◽  
M Bigder ◽  
A Dakson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Personal Health Information ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Information Protection ◽  
Public Concern ◽  
Resident Physicians

Background: Communicating with senior neurosurgical colleagues during residency necessitates a reliable and versatile smartphone. Smartphones and their apps are commonplace. They enhance communication with colleagues, provide the ability to access patient information and results, and allow access to medical reference applications. Patient data safety and compliance with the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA, 2004) in Canada remain a public concern that can significantly impact the way in which mobile smartphones are utilized by resident physicians Methods: Through the Canadian Neurosurgery Research Collaborative (CNRC), an online survey characterizing smartphone ownership and utilization of apps among Canadian neurosurgery residents and fellows was completed in April 2016. Results: Our study had a 47% response rate (80 surveys completed out of 171 eligible residents and fellows). Smartphone ownership was almost universal with a high rate of app utilization for learning and facilitating the care of patients. Utilization of smartphones to communicate and transfer urgent imaging with senior colleagues was common. Conclusions: Smartphone and app utilization is an essential part of neurosurgery resident workflow. In this study we characterize the smartphone and app usage within a specialized cohort of residents and suggest potential solutions to facilitate greater PHIPA adherence

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