Often people have concerns about the privacy and security of their health records in the electronic environment. There are federal and state laws as well as policies and procedures developed by healthcare organizations and other bodies to protect health information. The benefits of the electronic record outweigh the risks.
The Protection of the confidentiality of private, sensitive and safety-critical information; the integrity of health data and metadata, and the availability of information and services through measures that authenticate user and system identity and data provenance and that maintain an accounting of actions taken by users, software programs, and systems.
- Privacy
The assurance that one’s health information is collected, accessed, used, retained, and shared only when necessary and only to the extent necessary and that theinformation is protected through its life cycle using fair privacy practices consistent with applicable laws and regulations and the preferences of the individual
- Security
The Protection of the confidentiality of private, sensitive and safety-critical information; the integrity of health data and metadata, and the availability of information and services through measures that authenticate user and system identity and data provenance and that maintain an accounting of actions taken by users, software programs, and systems.