Electronic Healthcare Information Security

by Charles A. Shoniregun, Kudakwashe Dube, Fredrick Mtenzi

Book Overview

The adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in healthcare is driven by the need to contain costs while maximizing quality and efficiency. However, ICT adoption for healthcare information management has brought far-reaching effects and implications on the spirit of the Hippocratic Oath, patient privacy and confidentiality. A wave of security breaches have led to pressing calls for opt-in and opt-out provisions where patients are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387848177
• ISBN13: 9780387848174
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"