Biomaterial Database

EMR confidentiality and information security. 2003

Gary Kurtz

Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, USA.

Healthcare is no longer one patient and one physician. Many people and services are involved, and they all need access to the same accurate, complete data to provide excellent care. The onus is on healthcare providers to come up with information security solutions that don't hinder patient care while still providing the confidentiality of patient information.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007324	Institutional Management Teams	Administrator-selected management groups who are responsible for making decisions pertaining to the provision of integrated direction for various institutional functions.	Management Teams, Institutional,Institutional Management Team,Management Team, Institutional,Team, Institutional Management,Teams, Institutional Management
D010414	Pennsylvania	State bounded on the north by New York and Lake Erie, on the east by Delaware and New Jersey, on the south by Delaware and Maryland, and on the west by Ohio and West Virginia.
D003199	Computer Systems	Systems composed of a computer or computers, peripheral equipment, such as disks, printers, and terminals, and telecommunications capabilities.	Computer Architecture,Computer System,Computer Systems Development,Computer Systems Evaluation,Computer Systems Organization,Real Time System,Real-Time Systems,Organization, Computer Systems,Architecture, Computer,Architectures, Computer,Computer Architectures,Computer Systems Evaluations,Development, Computer Systems,Evaluation, Computer Systems,Evaluations, Computer Systems,Real Time Systems,Real-Time System,System, Computer,System, Real Time,System, Real-Time,Systems, Computer,Systems, Real Time,Systems, Real-Time,Time System, Real,Time Systems, Real
D003219	Confidentiality	The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure.	Patient Data Privacy,Privacy of Patient Data,Privileged Communication,Confidential Information,Secrecy,Communication, Privileged,Communications, Privileged,Data Privacy, Patient,Information, Confidential,Privacy, Patient Data,Privileged Communications
D006751	Hospital Information Systems	Integrated, computer-assisted systems designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information concerned with the administrative and clinical aspects of providing medical services within the hospital.	Multi-Hospital Information Systems,Information System, Hospital,Information System, Multihospital,Information Systems, Hospital,Information Systems, Multihospital,Multihospital Information Systems,Hospital Information System,Information System, Multi-Hospital,Information Systems, Multi-Hospital,Multi Hospital Information Systems,Multi-Hospital Information System,Multihospital Information System
D012637	Security Measures	Regulations to assure protection of property and equipment.	National Security,Measure, Security,Measures, Security,Security Measure,Security, National
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D016134	Organizational Policy	A course or method of action selected, usually by an organization, institution, university, society, etc., from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions and positions on matters of public interest or social concern. It does not include internal policy relating to organization and administration within the corporate body, for which ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION is available.	Institutional Policy,Institutional Policies,Organizational Policies,Policies, Institutional,Policies, Organizational,Policy, Institutional,Policy, Organizational
D016347	Medical Records Systems, Computerized	Computer-based systems for input, storage, display, retrieval, and printing of information contained in a patient's medical record.	Automated Medical Records Systems,Computerized Medical Records Systems,Automated Medical Record System,Automated Medical Record Systems,Automated Medical Records System,Computerized Medical Record System,Computerized Medical Record Systems,Computerized Medical Records System,Computerized Patient Medical Records,Medical Record System, Automated,Medical Record System, Computerized,Medical Record Systems, Automated,Medical Record Systems, Computerized,Medical Records System, Automated,Medical Records System, Computerized,Medical Records Systems, Automated
D016494	Computer Security	Protective measures against unauthorized access to or interference with computer operating systems, telecommunications, or accompanying data; especially the modification, deletion, destruction, or release of data in computers. It includes methods of forestalling interference by computer viruses or computer hackers aiming to compromise stored data.	Computer Viruses,Data Protection,Data Security,Compromising of Data,Computer Hackers,Computer Worms,Cyber Security,Cybersecurity,Data Encryption,Information Protection,Computer Hacker,Computer Virus,Computer Worm,Data Compromising,Data Encryptions,Encryption, Data,Encryptions, Data,Hacker, Computer,Hackers, Computer,Protection, Data,Protection, Information,Security, Computer,Security, Cyber,Security, Data,Virus, Computer,Viruses, Computer,Worm, Computer,Worms, Computer