Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 6 , Pages 397-399 , June 2010

Patient Privacy and Security of Electronic Medical Information for Radiologists: The Basics

  • Katherine P. Andriole, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Ramin Khorasani, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Evidence-Based Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationRamin Khorasani, MD, MPH, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology, 15 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115

References 

  1. US Department of Health and Human Services. Health information privacy. http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/Accessed February 23, 2010
  2. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. HIPAA—general information: overview. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HIPAAGenInfo/Accessed February 23, 2010
  3. American College of Radiology, Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine. Practice guideline for electronic medical information privacy and security. Revised 2009 http://www.acr.org/SecondaryMainMenuCategories/quality_safety/guidelines/med_phys/electronic_medical_info.aspxAccessed April 8, 2010
  4. Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance. MITA security & privacy documents. http://www.medicalimaging.org/policy/security.cfmAccessed April 8, 2010
  5. In:  Dwyer SJ,  Reiner BI,  Siegel EL editor. Security issues in the digital medical enterprise. 2nd ed. Leesburg, Va: Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine; 2004;
  6. Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise. Cookbook: preparing the IHE profile security section (risk management in healthcare IT). Revised October 10, 2008 http://www.ihe.net/Technical_Framework/upload/IHE_ITI_Whitepaper_Security_Cookbook_2008-11-10.pdfAccessed April 8, 2010
  7. Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise. IHE IT infrastructure white paper: HIE security and privacy through IHE profiles. August 22, 2008 http://www.ihe.net/Technical_Framework/upload/IHE_ITI_Whitepaper_Security_and_Privacy_of_HIE_2008-08-22-2.pdfAccessed April 8, 2010

PII: S1546-1440(10)00102-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.03.001

Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 6 , Pages 397-399 , June 2010

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