Balancing health privacy, health information exchange, and research in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
J Am Med Inform Assoc
; 27(6): 963-966, 2020 06 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-20452
ABSTRACT
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 infection poses serious challenges to the healthcare system that are being addressed through the creation of new unique and advanced systems of care with disjointed care processes (eg, telehealth screening, drive-through specimen collection, remote testing, telehealth management). However, our current regulations on the flows of information for clinical care and research are antiquated and often conflict at the state and federal levels. We discuss proposed changes to privacy regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act designed to let health information seamlessly and frictionlessly flow among the health entities that need to collaborate on treatment of patients and, also, allow it to flow to researchers trying to understand how to limit its impacts.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Confidentiality
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Government Regulation
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Pandemics
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Health Information Exchange
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
J Am Med Inform Assoc
Journal subject:
Medical Informatics
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jamia
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