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Cyberinfo: privacy and personal health data in cyberspace
1Department of Oral Medicine, University of Washington School of Dentistry, USA. jimyd@u.washington.edu
The Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice
|August 9, 2002
Abstract:
In this series of articles, the author discusses the potential risks, benefits, and liabilities in using electronic communications and computer-based record keeping for patients' medical data. Article #1 in this series reviews the foundations of privacy for personal information and the current practices of collecting disaggregated private personal and medical data made possible on the Internet by software and hardware configurations.