The Architecture for Privacy in a Networked Health Information Environment

Citation
Markle Foundation, The Architecture for Privacy in a Networked Health Information Environment (Apr. 2006) (full-text).

Overview
This publication begins from the premise that any new health network needs to take into account the potential risks of privacy and ecurity violations, and to build privacy and information security into its architecture from the outset, not as an afterthought.

The document provides background on the issues at stake, explains the current status of health privacy, considers new challenges and opportunities in an electronic environment, and offers some solutions for a comprehensive response to those challenges.