Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Patients Want Granular Privacy Control Over Health Information in Electronic Medical Records



From the report: "Patients expressed sharing preferences consistent with a desire for granular privacy control over which health information should be shared with whom and expressed differences in sharing preferences for sensitive versus less-sensitive EMR data. The pattern of results may be used by designers to generate privacy-preserving EMR systems including interfaces for patients to express privacy and sharing preferences." Read more