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Legal Issues in Information Security, 2nd Edition
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Legal Issues in Information Security, 2nd Edition

by Joanna Lyn Grama
June 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
550 pages
18h 58m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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CHAPTER

6

Security and Privacy of Health Information

HEALTH INFORMATION CAN BE USED in a number of different ways. Doctors and other health care professionals use and share it to provide medical care. Insurance companies and employers share it for insurance coverage and payment. Many people worry that this type of information could be used improperly, as well as for valid uses. Insurance companies could use it to deny health care coverage. Employers could use it to decide not to hire someone. Thieves could steal medical information and use it to commit medical identity theft.

Health care providers no longer store health information just in paper files. Many providers use computer systems to create and store electronic health records. ...

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ISBN: 9781284054743