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Information Security Management Handbook, Volume 7, 6th Edition
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Information Security Management Handbook, Volume 7, 6th Edition

by Richard O'Hanley, James S. Tiller
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
434 pages
15h 17m
English
Auerbach Publications
Content preview from Information Security Management Handbook, Volume 7, 6th Edition
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Chapter 20
National Patient Identifier
andPatient Privacy in
theDigitalEra
Tim Godlove and Adrian Ball
Information cannot be shared among health care providers if systems are not interoperable. e
current lack of standardized technology not only prevents integration and interoperability of
information systems but also severely limits the ability of electronic health records, often referred
to as EHRs, to safely facilitate continuous, informed care across health care settings. In other
words, health care information systems need to talk to one another.
Assigning everyone a universal patient identifier, or UPI, would improve a doctor’s abili
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ISBN: 9781466567498