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Chapter 49 –  Medical Records Security
     Paul J. Brusil, Ph.D
    

Chapter Contents:

   49.1    INTRODUCTION
   49.1.1    Information Is Key to Healthcare
   49.1.2    Why Security and Privacy Are Important to Healthcare Information
   49.1.3    Impacts of Information Technology
   49.1.4    Information and IT Security Challenges
   49.1.5    Core Security Model in the Healthcare Context
   49.2    EXTERNAL DRIVERS
   49.2.1    Political Pressure
   49.2.2    Media Pressure
   49.2.3    Public Pressure
   49.2.4    Patient Expectations
   49.2.4.1    Expectation in the United States
   49.2.4.2    Expectations in the United Kingdom
   49.2.5    Legal Pressure
   49.2.5.1    Protection Legislation
   49.2.5.2    Laws and Regulations in the United States
   49.2.5.3    Laws and Regulations in the United Kingdom
   49.2.5.4    Laws and Regulations in Other Countries
   49.2.6    Government Policies
   49.2.6.1    Government Policies in the United Kingdom
   49.2.6.2    Government Policies in the United States
   49.2.7    Consortia and Standards Organizations
   49.2.7.1    Forum on Privacy and Security in Healthcare
   49.2.7.2    Other Consortia
   49.2.7.3    Nonmandatory (External) Imperatives-BS7799/ISO 17799
   49.3    INTERNAL DRIVERS
   49.4    DIFFICULTIES IN IMPLEMENTING COUNTERMEASURES
   49.6    NOTES
   49.7    UNITED KINGDOM RESOURCES
   49.8    UNITED STATES RESOURCES

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