Breaches of health information: are electronic records different from paper records?

J Clin Ethics. 2010 Spring;21(1):39-41.

Abstract

Breaches of electronic medical records constitute a type of healthcare error, but should be considered separately from other types of errors because the national focus on the security of electronic data justifies special treatment of medical information breaches. Guidelines for protecting electronic medical records should be applied equally to paper medical records.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Access to Information / ethics
  • Confidentiality / ethics*
  • Confidentiality / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Electronic Health Records / ethics*
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Humans
  • Medical Errors / ethics*
  • Moral Obligations*
  • Physician's Role*
  • Physician-Patient Relations / ethics*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Primary Prevention / methods
  • United States