Protecting Patient Privacy Through Health Record Trusts
Open Access
- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- Published by Health Affairs (Project Hope) in Health Affairs
- Vol. 28 (2) , 444-446
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.28.2.444
Abstract
Patients should have the opportunity to exercise privacy rights through an account issued by a health record trust (or bank). Trusts would collect a complete digital copy of patients’ health records and enable patients to make informed decisions about their use. Federal legislation is needed to promote and oversee health record trusts and to reconcile existing privacy laws with stronger privacy protection available through health record trusts.Keywords
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