A Legal Framework for Security in European Health Care Telematics
ISBN: 9781607509189
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / IOS Press, Incorporated
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Law;

The importance of health care is obvious, and so are the advantages that information and communication technology is bringing to health care. Equally important, however, is security. Security for health care information systems is not only a technical matter, it is a social goal to be achieved and to be maintained by acknowledging the social values in which such systems operate. Such as the essential relationship of trust between the patient and the doctor and individual as well as collective privacy. As the report shows, observing security from this perspective, in time, turns legal requirements from obstacles to assets for successful implementation and acceptance. This book is the result of a collaborative European effort across national and linguistic boundaries, involving multiple disciplines. Health care information systems of the future will reflect the increasing mobility of European citizens, the diversity of the services they will expect within Europe, the information and communication requirements of these services, and the complex legal environment in which they have to operate. The report addresses these issues in clear language bridging the disciplines, providing highly useful policy tools for project leaders and for decision makers in the Health Telematics field.


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