Biomaterial Database

The case for public ownership of patient data. 2009

Marc A Rodwin

Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02140, USA. mrodwin@suffolk.edu

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010067	Ownership	The legal relation between an entity (individual, group, corporation, or-profit, secular, government) and an object. The object may be corporeal, such as equipment, or completely a creature of law, such as a patent; it may be movable, such as an animal, or immovable, such as a building.	Property Rights,Property Right,Rights, Property
D011050	Policy Making	The decision process by which individuals, groups or institutions establish policies pertaining to plans, programs or procedures.	Analysis, Policy,Policy Analysis,Policy Development,Analyses, Policy,Development, Policy,Developments, Policy,Making, Policy,Policy Analyses,Policy Developments
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
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
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
D018907	Privacy	The state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in one's private life or affairs. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, 1993)	Privacy Act,Public Law 93-579,PL 93-579,PL93-579,Act, Privacy,Law 93-579, Public,PL 93 579,PL93 579,Public Law 93 579
D033181	Information Dissemination	The circulation or wide dispersal of information.	Data Sharing,Information Distribution,Information Sharing,Data Sharings,Dissemination, Information,Distribution, Information,Information Sharings,Sharing, Data,Sharing, Information,Sharings, Data,Sharings, Information