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Access Controls and Healthcare Records: Who Owns the Data?

The authors discuss the issue of access to electronic health records. They mention the question of different sets of records in different locations, the problem of integrating the data and the interoperability of systems to make connections, and the use of blockchain technology by the medical record...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 62; no. 7; pp. 41 - 47
Main Authors: Evans, David, McDonald, Richard, Coatta, Terry
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Jul2019
Subjects:
Electronic health records
Medical record access control
Data integration
Internetworking
Blockchains
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The authors discuss the issue of access to electronic health records. They mention the question of different sets of records in different locations, the problem of integrating the data and the interoperability of systems to make connections, and the use of blockchain technology by the medical record company HealthChain to manage records through Hyperledger software.